People Quotes by Veronica Roth

You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.

— Veronica Roth

“(...) a man encased in ice, his eyes hard and his voice like a frosty exhale.”

— Veronica Roth

Some people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not.

— Veronica Roth

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

— Veronica Roth

People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.

— Veronica Roth

The truth has a way of changing people's plans.

— Veronica Roth

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

— Veronica Roth

Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them.

— Veronica Roth

All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter.

— Veronica Roth

And now that you are out? How does the world seem to you?" he says. "Mostly the same," I say. "People are…

— Veronica Roth

The cruelty of fate is that I must travel with the people I hate when the people I love are dead behind…

— Veronica Roth

I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips…

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But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.

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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.

— Veronica Roth

You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the…

— Veronica Roth

Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and…

— Veronica Roth

I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die,…

— Veronica Roth

Tris: Wait. So you have no idea what my aptitude is? Tori: Yes and No. My conclusion is that you display equal…

— Veronica Roth

That's the first time I've ever said those words out loud, and now I hear how strange they are. How many young…

— Veronica Roth

It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and…

— Veronica Roth

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

I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in…

— Veronica Roth

People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives…

— Veronica Roth

You need to be passionate about the creative work that you're doing, but you need to be kind of emotionally separated from…

— Veronica Roth

I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we…

— Veronica Roth

He pushes his hair, soaked from the snow, out of his eyes. "So what are we going to do, break a window?…

— Veronica Roth

Yes," Marcus says. "I understand that you are concerned -- that you all are concerned. You had never heard of the Divergent…

— Veronica Roth

Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not…

— Veronica Roth

I shield my eyes from the sun to see her cold look—the expression I saw in my mind even before I looked…

— Veronica Roth

Is this Prior?" "In the flesh." "Why's he bleeding?" "Because he's an idiot." Zeke offers me a black jacket with a factionless…

— Veronica Roth

Abnegation produces deeply serious people. People who automatically see things like need,” he says. “I’ve noticed that when people switch to Dauntless,…

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Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was...…

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Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it. When they do, we remember.

— Veronica Roth

I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.

— Veronica Roth

“people are supposed to fear others not themselves”

— Veronica Roth

“Stupid. Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t”

— Veronica Roth

Pride blinds people to the truth of what they are.

— Veronica Roth

People, even genetically damaged people, make choices. That’s what matters.’

— Veronica Roth

You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are

— Veronica Roth

I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are…

— Veronica Roth