Arch-Conspirator Quotes

“She said that protecting a thing was just an excuse to control it. She dedicated herself to freeing people from that control.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“No one asked us if we wanted to. No one had asked us if we could bear it. As it happened, I couldn’t bear it, but I did it anyway.”
― Veronica Roth , Arch-Conspirator

“I didn't long to be a man. What I longed for, instead, was the freedom to follow my inclinations.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“I don't want to go with you so that I can redeem myself, she said. I want to go with you so that you won't be alone.
Your reason makes no difference, I still won't accept.
My reason makes all the difference, she said firmly. I am not a miserable sinner wearing sackcloth and dust. I am your sister, who would rather live a few years with you than many years without you. Is that so difficult to understand?”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“I had never been fond of crowds. The mass of humanity only reminded me of how senseless we were, playing games of maturity and civilization when really we were no different than a flock of birds moving as one, each one reacting to the movements of the one in front of it. I had seen more than one riot start because of a stray impulse.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“How do you know a soul even exists?” I said.
“I suppose I don’t,” Eurydice said. “I simply don’t prioritize certainty.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“What I longed for, was the freedom to follow myself.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“He never touched me, or my mother, only raised his voice to us a handful of times. But there was always danger in him, boiling just beneath the surface. It made my steps careful and my words guarded...
He didn't have to shout at me or smack me around for me to know what wasn't going to be acceptable to him. His shadow was long, and filled every corner of our house.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“There was always danger in him, boiling just beneath the surface...
It made my steps careful and my words guarded...
His shadow was long, and filled every corner of our house.”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator

“Technology can be used for liberty as well as domination,”
― Veronica Roth, Arch-Conspirator