Veronica Roth Quotes

I'm just opening the doors. And a lot of this is new to me - thinking about it, and letting go again and again and again, trusting that if I'm meant to continue working as a musician, it'll happen. If I'm not, then pull out the life support.

The truth is this is a very dangerous world.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

We live in an unsafe world.

Truth is often attended with danger

I never think I'm safe. I always live in fear I will lose.

The world's a rollercoaster and I am not strapped in. Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air.

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.

In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.

The. World. Is. Not. A. Safe. Place.

Just remember...you are the one with everything to lose.

I don't know if you've ever been shoved into the bow of a nutshell pram, a boat that is very easily almost liftable with one hand, and quite tippy, and is being piloted by a 12-year-old, but it is the true feeling of having your life in someone else's hands, and it's very precarious.

It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

'Safety', the wife of Pablo said. 'There is no such thing as safety. There are so many seeking safety here now that they make a great danger. In seeking safety now you lose all.'

It's hard to give up that amount of control. It's scary to make yourself that vulnerable. Because you might do all kinds of things that are unplanned or are unexpected that maybe don't work, and you have to trust the director to see that and work around those things. I find it really scary.

In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.

(After Nicholas tells Dahlia that he loves her) "...Just don't break my heart my heart, Dahlia. I've never handed it over to anyone before." She placed both hands over his. "I've never had anyone's heart. I don't know the first thing about keeping hearts. You're taking a terrible risk." "That's what I do best." ... "Are you feeling relaxed now?" ... "I was until you started throwing around the L-word. That's enough to scare anyone.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure out if you want to fall, or how and when you're gonna land, and i gotta tell you, friends, to stop thinking about the landing, because it's all about falling.

There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.

The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk.