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Veronica Roth Quotes

Total quotes: 38
“I’m only...afraid of what I want.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent
Tagged: Afraid, Want, Scared
“Change, like healing, takes time.”
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Change, Healing, Time
“I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Selfless, Brave, Courage
“To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the weight 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, Allegiant
Tagged: forgiveness, Forgiving, Forgiveness as Punishment, Choice
“I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent
Tagged: cry, Weep, Tears, Release, Death, parts, human, humanity, Mind, Loss, Lose, Losing
“One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Choices, Destruction, Transformation
“It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Brave, Death, Options
“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, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Honesty, Truth, Speaking
“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Cowardice, Brave, Fear, Courage
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Brave, Courage, Reality, Emergency
“Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent
Tagged: Evil, poison, humans
“Knowledge is power. Power to do evil... or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.”
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Knowledge, Power, Evil, Good
“I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.”
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Love, loyal, Identity, Family, Friends
“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent
Tagged: Crying, Laughter
“I clench my teeth as tears come. I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent
Tagged: Crying, Tears, Weakness
“Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Thinking, Fear, Learning
“It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Pain, Hurting, Suffering
“I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: boys, Death, danger
“One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.”
— Veronica Roth, Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent Series Story)
Tagged: Alcohol, Girlfriend, Dating
“Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.”
— Veronica Roth, Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent Series Story)
Tagged: Death, Heroes, Time, forget
“No matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.”
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Smart, Intelligence, Blind
“He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Brave, Courage, Life
“Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent
Tagged: Crying, Science, Tears
“We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.”
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Touch, Love
“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Brave, Courage, helpful
“Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: cruel, mean, Brave, kindness
“The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Love, Evil, forgiveness
“I used to start my day with cat videos. Now I try to start with information.”
— Veronica Roth
Tagged: Digital media, Media Diets
“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Fear, helpful, Afraid
“Is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Selfish, victory, Brave, Winning
“Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: humans, Empty, Alone
“It must require bravery to be honest all the time.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Brave, honest, Courage, Truth
“Evil depends on where you're standing.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent
Tagged: Evil, Perspective, humans
“Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.”
— Veronica Roth, Divergent
Tagged: polite, Deception, deceiving
“Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Grief, Guilt, Suffering
“Every part of my body chants it in unison. Live, live, live. I thought that in order to give my life in exchange for Will's, in exchange for my parents', that I needed to die, but I was wrong; I need to live my life in the light of their deaths. I need to live.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent
Tagged: Living, Death, live
“I read somewhere, one, that crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion. I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside of me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.”
— Veronica Roth, Insurgent (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Tears, Crying, Emotion, Feelings
“There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life.”
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant (Divergent Series)
Tagged: Brave, Survival, Courage
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