Veronica Roth quotes

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near …Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

Lies require …Lies require commitment.

Truth Humor Lie

A brave man acknowledges the strength of …A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

Strength Man

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from …Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

Short

Change, like healing, takes …Change, like healing, takes time.

Change

Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge …Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.

Evil Knowledge Power

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right …Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

Short

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you …Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

Short Fear

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something …No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

Courage Life Experience

Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would …Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on …Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

Evil Humans

The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive …The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.

Forgiveness Evil






Veronica Roth Short quotes


Short Quotes
A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and …A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

Short

It isn't right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me …It isn't right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

Short Pain



All Veronica Roth quotes


Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and …Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

Fear Control

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for …We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Courage

The person you became with her is worth …The person you became with her is worth being.

Change Relationship Short

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over …I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

Fear Power

You don't believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they're …You don't believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they're true.

Life Truth Belief

There is power in …There is power in self-sacrifice.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better …Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Time

I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees …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.

Secret

Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that …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

Hope Inspirational Life Pain

Who cares about pretty? I'm going for …Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.

Beauty

And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death …And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.

Humor

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to …I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

Humor

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something …But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

Habit Thought

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like …I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

Love

You chose us. Now we have to choose …You chose us. Now we have to choose you.

I do know who you are. I just needed to be …I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.

She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation …She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.

'We could visit him,' suggests Will. 'But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm …"We could visit him," suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?

Humor

'Be careful, though.' 'Aren't I always?' 'No, I think the word for how you usually are is …"Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless."

Funny

We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels …We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.

Love

'It's what you deserve to hear,' I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. 'That you're whole, …"It's what you deserve to hear," I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. "That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known."

'I love you' I say. 'I love you, too' he says. 'I'll see you …"I love you" I say. "I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon."

I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the …I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.

'Caleb,' I say, 'I love you.' His eyes gleam with tear as he says, 'I love you, too, …"Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.