People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“But my mother would tell me that people are flawed and I should be lenient with them.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn’t a fool,” I say. “She just understood something you didn’t. That it’s not sacrifice if it’s someone else’s life… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother told me once that, a long time ago, there were people who wouldn’t buy genetically engineered produce because they viewed… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The hurts from my last day with my father are healed now, but I want to remember where they were; I want… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy “faction before blood.” Blood before faction--no, love… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My parents…They died today…They died for me. -Tris They loved you…To them there was no better way to show you. -Four” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I wasn't good enough for abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless." "Why weren't you good… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But I killed a man just like my mother did. David says it’s okay because I didn’t mean to, and because he… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Tris." I finally look at him. "I just don't want to lose you." We stand there for a few minutes. I don't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My father used to say that sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them. I feel good… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Should i even bother scanning the crowd for my parents? I could turn around and go back to the dormitory. Then I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Standing alone at the railing is Four. Though he's not an initiate anymore, most of the Dauntless use this day to come… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I'm not going to pretend to know what's going on with you," he says. "But if you senselessly risk your life again… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And as for going into a bookstore and not finding a book suitable for your 13-year-old...maybe you should do some research before… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What makes you think you have the right to shoot someone?" my father says as he follows me up the path. We… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My father says--used to say-- that there is power in self-sacrifice. I turn the gun in my hands and press it into… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Just after my mother died, I grabbed hold of my Divergence like it was a hand outstretched to save me. I needed… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I… — 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
My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And what this is, I realize, is life. I don't want it. I want my parents and I have for weeks. I've… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother was from here. I can feel her in the walls, in the air. I can feel her settled inside me,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your parents’ rules. Today you will find… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Or maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go- which is the way I carry… — 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
