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Veronica Roth Quotes about Grief

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Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

Veronica Roth
Sad, Grief, Sorrow

I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp, pressing both palms to my chest. Now the monstrous thing has its claws around my throat, squeezing my airway. I twist and put my head between my knees, breathing until the strangled feeling leaves me.

Veronica Roth
Grief, Heart, Breathing
Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.34, HarperCollins UK

I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.

Veronica Roth
Grief, Sitting Still, Space
Veronica Roth (2012). “Insurgent Collector's Edition (Enhanced Edition)”, p.52, Harper Collins

In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.

Veronica Roth
Grief, Movement, Helping

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

Veronica Roth
Grief, Perfect, Guilt

Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

Veronica Roth
Grief, Guilt

People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.

Veronica Roth
Pain, Grief, Mean
"Allegiant". Book by Veronica Roth, 2013.

Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.

Veronica Roth
Grief, Play, Tricks

I was angry with him before. I’m not really sure why. Maybe I was just angry that the world had become such a complicated place, that I have never known even a fraction of the truth about it. Or that I allowed myself to grieve for someone who was never really gone, the same way I grieved for my mother all the years I thought she was dead. Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and it’s been played on me twice.

Veronica Roth
Mother, Grief, Grieving

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