--- title: "15 Long time Quotes By Veronica Roth" description: "15 Long time quotes by Veronica Roth. Plus more from Veronica Roth and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/veronica-roth-66_adults_i-know-that-i-ll-be-writing-for-young-ad_1983282.jpg" --- > [I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-know-that-i-ll-be-writing-for-young-adults-for-a-long-time-mostly/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/veronica-roth-66_adults_i-know-that-i-ll-be-writing-for-young-ad_1983282.jpg) > [I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-breathe-in-the-water-will-wash-my-wounds-clean-i-breathe-out-my/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/veronica-roth-66_baby_i-breathe-in-the-water-will-wash-my-woun_2654854.jpg) > [“And to hear David talk about it, it's it all happened because a long, long time ago people tried to mess with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/and-to-hear-david-talk-about-it-it-s-it-all-happened-because-a-long/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/veronica-roth-66_human-nature_and-to-hear-david-talk-about-it-it-s-it_363792.png) > [You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-may-have-succeeded-in-shutting-down-the-attack-simulation-girl/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/veronica-roth-66_attack_you-may-have-succeeded-in-shutting-down_121973.jpg) > [“My mother told me once that, a long time ago, there were people who wouldn’t buy genetically engineered produce because they viewed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/my-mother-told-me-once-that-a-long-time-ago-there-were-people-who/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/veronica-roth-66_genetically_my-mother-told-me-once-that-a-long-time_2365160.png) > [“He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost killinng me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time-making-a-list-of-all-the/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/veronica-roth-66_al_he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time_2265151.jpg) > [Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. But it has strayed far from them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-intentions-with-the-right-ideals/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/veronica-roth-66_dauntless_maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-int_2767850.png) > [Why did you do it?" I say. "You want me dead. You were willing to do it yourself! What changed?" He presses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/why-did-you-do-it-i-say-you-want-me-dead-you-were-willing-to-do-it/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/veronica-roth-66_changed_why-did-you-do-it-i-say-you-want-me-dead_2416006.png) > [He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-gives-me-a-conflicted-look-and-touches-his-lips-to-my-forehead/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/veronica-roth-66_eye_he-gives-me-a-conflicted-look-and-touche_425216.jpg) > [“He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost killing me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time-making-a-list-of-all-the-2/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/veronica-roth-66_bad-thing_he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time_3035186.png) > [“Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. But it has strayed far from them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-intentions-with-the-right-ideals-2/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/veronica-roth-66_beatrice-prior_maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-int_3104789.jpg) > [“Evelyne's eyes, dark as wet earth, search mine for a long time. Then she reaches across the table and pulls me fiercely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/evelyne-s-eyes-dark-as-wet-earth-search-mine-for-a-long-time-then-she/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/veronica-roth-66_fiercely_evelyne-s-eyes-dark-as-wet-earth-search_1373766.png) > [“I wait for a long time without anything changing. The room is still dark, the floor still cold and hard, my heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-wait-for-a-long-time-without-anything-changing-the-room-is-still/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/veronica-roth-66_long-time_i-wait-for-a-long-time-without-anything_668940.png) > [“Why do you care, anyway?" I say. "You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend." I tense up at the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/why-do-you-care-anyway-i-say-you-can-be-either-cruel-instructor-or/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/veronica-roth-66_boyfriend_why-do-you-care-anyway-i-say-you-can-be_1797452.jpg) > [“Are you all right?" A crease appears between his eyebrows, and he touches my cheek gently.I bat his hand away. "Well," I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/are-you-all-right-a-crease-appears-between-his-eyebrows-and-he/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/veronica-roth-66_boyfriend_are-you-all-right-a-crease-appears-betwe_3116381.jpg) ## Other authors on Long time ## More by Veronica Roth > [How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/how-strange-that-something-so-simple-could-have-been-instrumental-in/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable or corrupt or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-was-beginning-to-feel-that-i-had-finally-found-a-place-to-stay-a/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-acts-so-tough-that-he-s-probably-afraid-of-marshmallows-and-really/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/and-is-it-selfish-of-me-to-crave-victory-or-is-it-brave/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-always-look-like-someone-s-sucked-the-life-right-out-of-you-when/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“We can be mended. We mend each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/we-can-be-mended-we-mend-each-other/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/don-t-worry-about-me-handling-the-pain-i-say-i-ve-had-a-lot-of/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/soon-i-will-honor-my-parents-by-dying-as-they-died-and-if-all-they/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“Mas lembre-se, já agora, que por vezes as pessoas que oprimimos tornam-se mais poderosas do que nós gostaríamos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/mas-lembre-se-j-agora-que-por-vezes-as-pessoas-que-oprimimos-tornam/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“am aware of how little space there is between us—six inches at most. That space feels charged with electricity. I feel like it should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/am-aware-of-how-little-space-there-is-between-us-six-inches-at-most/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“Oh, good,” I say, a sour taste in my mouth. “Heroism is what I was focused on. Not, you know, trying not to die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/oh-good-i-say-a-sour-taste-in-my-mouth-heroism-is-what-i-was-focused/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“Caleb frowns at him. "How old are you, anyway?" "Eighteen." "And you don't think you're too old to be with my little sister?" Tobias…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/caleb-frowns-at-him-how-old-are-you-anyway-eighteen-and-you-don-t/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/what-do-you-think-they-re-going-to-do-to-us-when-they-find-us-guilty/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“La paz está restringida, eso es libertad”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/la-paz-est-restringida-eso-es-libertad/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/in-some-parts-of-the-ancient-world-the-hawk-symbolized-the-sun-back/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long-time/veronica-roth/#itemlist", "name": "15 Long time Quotes By Veronica Roth", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. 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And I couldn't have it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/why-did-you-do-it-i-say-you-want-me-dead-you-were-willing-to-do-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/veronica-roth-66_changed_why-did-you-do-it-i-say-you-want-me-dead_2416006.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/veronica-roth-66_changed_why-did-you-do-it-i-say-you-want-me-dead_2416006.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/veronica-roth-66_changed_why-did-you-do-it-i-say-you-want-me-dead_2416006.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why did you do it?\" I say. \"You want me dead. You were willing to do it yourself! 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He doesn't move; he just stays there with his mouth pressed to my skin, and I stay there with my hands on his waist, for a long time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-gives-me-a-conflicted-look-and-touches-his-lips-to-my-forehead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/veronica-roth-66_eye_he-gives-me-a-conflicted-look-and-touche_425216.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/veronica-roth-66_eye_he-gives-me-a-conflicted-look-and-touche_425216.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/veronica-roth-66_eye_he-gives-me-a-conflicted-look-and-touche_425216.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. 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Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time-making-a-list-of-all-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/veronica-roth-66_bad-thing_he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time_3035186.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/veronica-roth-66_bad-thing_he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time_3035186.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/veronica-roth-66_bad-thing_he-must-have-stood-there-for-a-long-time_3035186.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost…” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. 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I wonder if the other fractions suffer from the same problem”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-intentions-with-the-right-ideals-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/veronica-roth-66_beatrice-prior_maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-int_3104789.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/veronica-roth-66_beatrice-prior_maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-int_3104789.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/veronica-roth-66_beatrice-prior_maybe-dauntless-was-formed-with-good-int_3104789.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. 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She chose me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/evelyne-s-eyes-dark-as-wet-earth-search-mine-for-a-long-time-then-she/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/veronica-roth-66_fiercely_evelyne-s-eyes-dark-as-wet-earth-search_1373766.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/veronica-roth-66_fiercely_evelyne-s-eyes-dark-as-wet-earth-search_1373766.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/veronica-roth-66_fiercely_evelyne-s-eyes-dark-as-wet-earth-search_1373766.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Evelyne's eyes, dark as wet earth, search mine for a long time. 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The room is still dark, the floor still cold and hard, my…” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why do you care, anyway?\" I say. \"You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend.\" I tense up at the word \"boyfriend.\" I didn’t mean to use it so flippantly, but it’s too late now. \"You can’t play both parts at the same time.\" \"I am not cruel.\" He scowls at me \"I was protecting you this morning. How do you think Peter and his idiot friends would have reacted if they discovered that you and I were...\" He sighs. \"You would never win. They would always call you ranking a result of my favoritism rather than your skill.\" I open my mouth to object, but I can't. A few smart remarks come to mind, but I dismiss them. He's right. My cheeks warm, and I cool them with my hands. \"You didn't have to insult me to prove something to them,\" I say finally. \"And you didn't have to run off to your brother just because I hurt you,\" he says. He rubs at the back of his neck. \"Besides- it worked, didn't it?\" \"At my expense.\" \"I didn't think it would affect you this way.\" Then he looks down and shrugs. \"Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt.\" I slide my hands into my pockets and rock back on my heels. A strange feeling goes through me- a sweet, aching weakness. He did what he did because he believed in my strength. At home it was Caleb who was strong, because he could forget himself, because all the characteristics my parents valued came naturally to him. No one has ever been so convinced of my strength. I stand on my tiptoes, lift my head, and kiss him. Only our lips touch. \"You're brilliant. You know that?\" I shake my head. \"You always know exactly what to do.\" \"Only because I've been thinking about his for a long time,\" he says, kissing me briefly. \"How I would handle it, if you and I...\" He pulls back and smiles. \"Did I hear you call me your boyfriend, Tris?\" \"Not exactly.\" I shrug. \"Why? Do you want me to?\" He slips his hands over my neck and presses his thumbs under my chin, tilting my head back so his forehead meets mine. For a moment he stands there, his eyes closed, breathing my air. I feel the pulse in his fingertips. I feel the quickness of his breath. He seems nervous. \"Yes,\" he finally says.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/why-do-you-care-anyway-i-say-you-can-be-either-cruel-instructor-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/veronica-roth-66_boyfriend_why-do-you-care-anyway-i-say-you-can-be_1797452.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/veronica-roth-66_boyfriend_why-do-you-care-anyway-i-say-you-can-be_1797452.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/veronica-roth-66_boyfriend_why-do-you-care-anyway-i-say-you-can-be_1797452.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why do you care, anyway?\" I say. \"You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend.\" I tense up at…” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Are you all right?\" A crease appears between his eyebrows, and he touches my cheek gently.I bat his hand away. \"Well,\" I say, \"first I got reamed out in front of everyone,and then I had to chat with the woman who's trying to destroy my old faction,and then Eric almost tossed my friends out of Dauntless,so yeah,it's shaping up to be a pretty great day, Four .\" He shakes his head and looks at the dilapidated building to his right, which is made of brick and barely resembles the sleek glass spire behind me. It must be ancient.No one builds with brick anymore. \"Why do you care,anyway?\" I say. \"You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend.\" I tense up at the word \"boyfriend.\" I didn't mean to use it so flippantly,but it's too late now. \"You can't play both parts at the same time.\" \"I am not cruel.\" He scowls at me. \"I was protecting you this morning. How do you think Peter and his idiot friends would have reacted if they discovered that you and I were...\" He sighs. \"You would never win. They would always call your ranking a result of my favoritism rather than your skill.\" I open my mouth to object,but I can't. A few smart remarks come to mind, but I dismiss them. He's right. My cheeks warm, and I cool them with my hands. \"You didn't have to insult me to prove something to them,\" I say finally. \"And you didn't have to run off to your brother just because I hurt you,\" he says. He rubs at the back of his neck. \"Besides-it worked,didn't it?\" \"At my expense.\" \"I didn't think it would affect you this way.\" Then he looks down and shrugs. \"Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you.That you are capable of being hurt.\" I slide my hands into my pockets and rock back on my heels.A strange feeling goes through me-a sweet,aching weakness. He did what he did because he believed in my strength. At home it was Caleb who was strong,because he could forget himself,because all the characteristics my parents valued came naturally to him. No one has ever been so convinced of my strength. I stand on my tiptoes, lift my head, and kiss him.Only our lips touch. \"You're brilliant,you know that?\" I shake my head. \"You always know exactly what to do.\" \"Only because I've been thinking about this for a long time,\" he says, kissing my briefly. \"How I would handle it, if you and I...\" He pulls back and smiles. \"Did I hear you call me your boyfriend,Tris?\" \"Not exactly.\" I shrug. \"Why? Do you want me to?\" He slips his hands over my neck and presses his thumbs under my chin, tilting my head back so his forehead meets mine. For a moment he stands there, his eyes closed, breathing my air. I feel the pulse in his fingertips. I feel the quickness of his breath. He seems nervous. \"Yes,\" he finally says. 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