I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“If they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“He still smiles all the time, but now his smiles look like they're made out of water, about to drip down his… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It's strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary. — 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
“Openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Four leaving makes me nervous. Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I’m wearing a bright red dress. And there’s a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You all have functional brains, last time I checked,” I say. “You can think like the Erudite, too.” “But we don’t have… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
That’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way—which is that if they are persistent enough,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He kisses me again, more insistent this time, his hands squeezing my waist. His breaths, his body, my body, we are so… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The slab of stone is the problem we’re facing. The tank of water is our potential for changing that problem. And the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Evelyne's eyes, dark as wet earth, search mine for a long time. Then she reaches across the table and pulls me fiercely… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Lynn, who is sitting on the next bunk, snorts. “I don’t see how he can be flirty, with everything that’s going on.”… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I stare into my own eyes for a moment. Today is the day of the aptitude test that will show me which… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Why did you do it?" I say. "You want me dead. You were willing to do it yourself! What changed?" He presses… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost killinng me… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Most of the time I can tell when people are lying, and this must be a lie, because Tris is still alive,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“A of my parents floats into my head the moment I close my eyes. Once when I was about 11 I stopped… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Why do you care, anyway?" I say. "You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend." I tense up at the word… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Men like Ryzek Noavek were not born; they were made. But time could not move backward. Just as he had been made,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The flowers look beautiful and savage in the daylight, like vicious creatures suspended in time, motionless.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It is because, in the brief moments that I have loved it here, I saw a faction worth saving. Maybe we can… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I look at myself head-on again. For the first time, the idea of leaving my Abnegation identity behind doesn’t make me nervous;… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn't enough space in… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pass, and the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“In that moment I’m able to accept the inevitability of how I feel, though not with joy. I need to talk to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt -- the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And then time will pass, and the hole will be gone, like when an organ is removed and the body’s fluids flow… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Half of bravery is perspective. The first time I did this, it was one of the hardest things I had ever done.… — 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
