“I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Temporary, Metaphor
“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: Awareness, Knowledge, Fate, Destiny, Suffering
“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Fear, Life
“No matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Smart, Intelligence, Blind
“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
“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 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, amazon.comTagged: Love, loyal, Identity, Family, Friends
“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, amazon.comTagged: Knowledge, Power, Evil, Good
“She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Sacrifice, Love, strength
“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
“I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: Love, Choices, Dating
“I pace in our cell in Erudite headquarters, her words echoing in my mind: My name will be Edith Prior, and there is much I am happy to forget.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.comTagged: first lines of books
“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, amazon.comTagged: Touch, Love
“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: Life, Damage, Pain, Healing