We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.
VERONICA ROTHTo me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.
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I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything I do at all.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like I have lost control of what I have become.
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I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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It doesn’t prove anything except that you’re bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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