I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
VERONICA ROTHI’ll say it one last time: Be brave.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
-
-
I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
VERONICA ROTH -
Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
VERONICA ROTH -
To 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.
VERONICA ROTH -
Lies require commitment.
VERONICA ROTH -
I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.
VERONICA ROTH -
That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
VERONICA ROTH -
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.
VERONICA ROTH -
Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.
VERONICA ROTH -
I feel bare. I didn’t realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
VERONICA ROTH -
His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate.
VERONICA ROTH -
But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.
VERONICA ROTH -
Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
VERONICA ROTH -
If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.
VERONICA ROTH -
Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
VERONICA ROTH -
One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
VERONICA ROTH