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 ROTHYou believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
More Veronica Roth Quotes
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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 keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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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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Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet.
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There are so many ways to be brave in this world.
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I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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The 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.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
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