Life Quotes Quote by Veronica Roth, Allegiant — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.”

““Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"”

“It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she's gone. She's gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it's all I can do.”

“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.”

“We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.”

“One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.”

“Genuine love should first be directed at oneself - if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?”

“If I never went home, what exactly would I be missing? I pictured my cold cavernous house, my friendless town full of bad memories, the utterly unremarkable life that had been mapped out for me. It had never once occurred to me, I realized, to refuse it.”

“Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.”

““People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances, molded as much by their regrets as their actions, choices they stood by and those they wished they could undo. Of course, there was no going back - time only moved forward - but people could change.”