“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Fearless, Fear, Brave, Courage
“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 sometime…”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Brave, Survival, Courage
“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”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: young, Life, Damage, mending, Healing
“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Fear, helpful, Afraid
“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Brave, Courage, helpful
“Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: help, Closeness, Friendship
“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Brave, Courage, Reality, Emergency
“One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Choices, Destruction, Transformation
“I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: boys, Death, danger
“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, amazon.comTagged: Brave, Courage, Life
“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, amazon.comTagged: Death, Heroes, Time, forget
“I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Selfless, Brave, Courage
“One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Alcohol, Girlfriend, Dating
“No matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Smart, Intelligence, Blind
“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, amazon.comTagged: 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, amazon.comTagged: Honesty, Truth, Speaking
“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Cowardice, Brave, Fear, Courage
“I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you something.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: favors, owed, Wants
“Desperation can make a person do surprising things.”— Veronica Jarski, amazon.comTagged: Desperation, Surprises, humans
“People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Pain, Grief, Numb
“I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Helping, hating, God, haters
“I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Evil, sins, Mistakes, Regrets
“Is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Selfish, victory, Brave, Winning
“It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Pain, Hurting, Suffering
“Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Thinking, Fear, Learning
“The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Love, Evil, forgiveness
“Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Guilt, Memories, better