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.
VERONICA ROTHThe truth is… you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back…it hurts.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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That’s what love does. When it’s right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff.
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It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
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I’m sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what’s wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.
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Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.
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I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.
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…there is power in self-sacrifice.
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It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar.
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He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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Not writing is as important as writing – go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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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.
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