“Welcome to Dauntless! Where you either face your fears and try not to die in the process or you leave a coward” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“To me there's a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“There's a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I was a man, afraid of the threat he posed to my character, to my future, to my identity.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Do you think I'm important to the Dauntless? Because I'm not. I'm just someone who isn't afraid of much.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I stare at him for a second. I can't help it. To me there's a difference between not being afraid and acting… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You're afraid of heights,'I say. 'How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?' 'I ignore my fear,' he (Four) says. 'When I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my terrifying father posed to my safety. I was a man, afraid of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“thats it?" I say. Those were your worst fears? Why do you only have four..." My voice trails off. Only four fears.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I am afraid of her, afraid of what she says-and thrilled by it too, because it means I don't have to accept… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You were afraid of shooting people?" "No," I say. "I was afraid of my considerable capacity to kill." How many young men… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You're afraid of heights," I say. "How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?" "I ignore my fear," he says. "When I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“maybe here, in dauntless, bravery is the highest form of wisdom. the acknowledgement that life can and should be lived without fear” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. Its learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
She must love me, to worry about me. She must still be capable of love. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“But every so often I look at Tobias, and he looks back at me, like we're passing fear back and forth between… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us. She” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“If we're afraid to be ourselves, then who are we? Where's there left to hide? But if we could concur that fear,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I can’t hold… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“So they don’t go away?” “Sometimes they do. And sometimes new fears replace them. But becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Learning how to think in the midst of fear,' he (Four) says, 'is a lesson that everyone, even your Stiff family, needs… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“...What am I? What do I need, to overcome my fears? I know the answer, of course I do: I need to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable or corrupt or… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share
You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris — Veronica Roth Copy Share
Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice. — Veronica Roth Copy Share
Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“Mas lembre-se, já agora, que por vezes as pessoas que oprimimos tornam-se mais poderosas do que nós gostaríamos.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“am aware of how little space there is between us—six inches at most. That space feels charged with electricity. I feel like it should… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“Oh, good,” I say, a sour taste in my mouth. “Heroism is what I was focused on. Not, you know, trying not to die.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“Caleb frowns at him. "How old are you, anyway?" "Eighteen." "And you don't think you're too old to be with my little sister?" Tobias… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
