In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
VERONICA ROTHCruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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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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“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.” She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an underground tunnel.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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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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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.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
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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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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you,” I say. “Controlling you is.
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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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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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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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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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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.
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I’ve done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.
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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.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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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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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.
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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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