Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
VERONICA ROTHIt reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.
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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 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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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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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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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 know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
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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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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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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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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.
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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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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
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The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.
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Ingenuity requires creativity.
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