J.D. Roth Quotes

Tris," said tobias. "I love you

Four!" I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.

I decide to do what I always do when I'm not sure what's going on: I act like everyone else.

We can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to.

I feel acutely aware of how young I am. In a way that is good. It's productive. It makes me realise that I should be growing as a writer and a person.

I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

I love the Wikipedia link chain because it has led me into some strange articles. Wikipedia is one of my favorites.

I love you" I say."I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.

I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice.""What Choice?", and... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision."

One ChoiceOne Choice, decided your friends.One Choice, defines your beliefs.One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever.ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU

Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.. and as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

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

Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.

Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.

We could visit him, " suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?

In every bush lies a nest.

It's hard to know what's right in this life, ' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.'"P459

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.

Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it.Interview in Esquire Magazine 10/10

...we have something they want. Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. We should be thankful that we know better.

A deep commitment to general education is impossible in a context in which faculty and students prize above all their ability to teach and study what they want.

Beware of critics of education who cloak their desire to protect privilege (and inequality) in the garb of educational reform.

Be careful, though.""Aren't I always?""No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.

I clench my teeth as tears come. I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them. ~ 'Tris

Yeah, well, we're all afraid." I sighed. "The angry more than most, I think.

I miss the fears of the past few weeks, rendered small by my fears now.

Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible faith is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that "something" is a fake bathroom break.

Once you discover freedom, you want to capture it, never let it go.

Freedom. He offered it like someone who didn't know what it meant, someone who had never had it taken away."pg 185

What a mess you’ve made of the simplest of subjects, Della.

You made a lifetime commitment before God and the world. A silly thing like a divorce doesn’t reverse it.

She didn't think she could be a Christian if perfection was required.

Instead I take the lead, Tobias silent at my side, and though he does not touch me, he steadies me.

Low and behold what comes of reading too many romance novels.

Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.

I know what it is to become something you hate, I know how it hurts. But life is full of hurt. And your capacity for baring it is much greater than you believe."pg 287

What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

I wanted to show these people who he really was. And pain always did that, took the insides out."pg 364

Fear, ” she says, “is more powerful than pain.

I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.

Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

Nothing good in this world comes free! For everything there’s a payment of time or money or soul!

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

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

There is an art to Noavek bullshit, " Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.

She's a sailboat and I'm an anchor, pulling us both down.

If we were alone, he would have thrown me up against the nearest wall, and holy hell, I would have let him.

She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil inside ourselves, so we're able to forgive them.