Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Something
Second
Things
Two
Like
Reason
World
Live
Insurgent
People
Firsts
Reasons
First
Mines
Feel
Mine
Feels
Return

More quotes by Veronica Roth

Image
I glance at Tris. She grins at me, then leans in to whisper something to Christina. Are you here to help or what, Stiff? I say.
Veronica Roth
Image
But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s false funeral, and walking the sidewalks in the Abnegation sector. I saw her, but I didn’t see her no one saw her the way she truly was until she jumped. I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.
Veronica Roth
Image
In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the sun on me, I wouldn't be afraid of the dark
Veronica Roth
Image
Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
Veronica Roth
Image
I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.
Veronica Roth
Image
That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?
Veronica Roth
Image
You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.
Veronica Roth
Image
Life's something we already understand. Death is a mystery.
Veronica Roth
Image
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
Image
Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.
Veronica Roth
Image
We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.
Veronica Roth
Image
Sorry, am I being rude? she asks. I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
Veronica Roth
Image
Al walks in, and I don't even have to ask him to help me, he just walks over and strips bedding with me. i will have to scrub the frame later. Al carries the stack of sheets to the trash and together we walk toward the training room. Ignore him, Al says. He's an idiot, and if you don't get angry, he'll stop eventually.
Veronica Roth
Image
To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community. My mother once told me that we can’t survive alone,but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.
Veronica Roth
Image
Half of bravery is perspective.
Veronica Roth
Image
You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.
Veronica Roth
Image
Do the elevators work? I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. Sure they do. says Zeke, rolling his eyes, You think I'm stupid enough not to come here early and turn on the emergency generator? Yeah, says Uriah. I kinda do.
Veronica Roth
Image
Everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.
Veronica Roth
Image
Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.
Veronica Roth
Image
An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.
Veronica Roth