Quote

All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.

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
Right
Tobias
Feel
Pretend
Feels
Stand
Like
Stop
True
Stills
Still
Everything

More quotes by Veronica Roth

Image
You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life.
Veronica Roth
Image
Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
Veronica Roth
Image
What makes you different, makes you dangerous.
Veronica Roth
Image
I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. THAT'S why you like me! I exclaim. Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.
Veronica Roth
Image
This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.
Veronica Roth
Image
The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it, I say. Stay away from him or I'll decide I no longer care.
Veronica Roth
Image
Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that something is a fake bathroom break.
Veronica Roth
Image
Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them.
Veronica Roth
Image
Four! I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.
Veronica Roth
Image
I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.
Veronica Roth
Image
I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.
Veronica Roth
Image
My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.
Veronica Roth
Image
I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head.
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
Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.
Veronica Roth
Image
You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?
Veronica Roth
Image
At first Eric stares at Four in silence. Four stares back.
Veronica Roth
Image
Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.
Veronica Roth
Image
Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it. (divergent pg.138)
Veronica Roth
Image
I'm surprised you know that, I say quietly, since you left halfway through my one and only fight. It wasn't something I wanted to watch. he says. What's that supposed to mean?
Veronica Roth