“Tobias presses into the wall behind me, so close to me that his chin floats over my head and I can feel… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern. If I unfocus… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between… — Veronica Roth Amity 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
People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every… — Veronica Roth Death Copy Share Image
“Then I thought of how strong I have become, how secure I feel with the person I now am, and how all… — Veronica Roth Brave Copy Share Image
I settle into their pace. The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“His gestures, his inflections, his manner, they are hers. They make him into just a whisper of her, and that is not… — Veronica Roth Gestures Copy Share Image
“Yeah. Good.” I clear my throat. “So, this plan. It’s kind of stupid, right?” “It’s not ... stupid.” “Oh, come on. Trusting… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“All I can do is stand still -- I feel like if I just stand still, i can stop it from being… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I feel like I understand, then, the way he ranks things in his mind: his life, first; his comfort in a world… — Veronica Roth Angry Copy Share Image
“He is a part of me, always will be, and I am a part of him, too. I don't belong to Abnegation,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going trough,… — Veronica Roth Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“And as I stare out at the land, I think that this, if nothing else, is compelling evidence for my parents’ God,… — Veronica Roth Parenting Copy Share Image
“Ready,Stiff?" Zeke smirks down at me. "I have to say,I'm impressed that you aren't screaming and crying right now." "I told you,"… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if… — Veronica Roth Belief Copy Share Image
I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me… — Veronica Roth Absence Copy Share Image
Just because they didn’t shoot you all in the head doesn’t mean their intentions were somehow honorable. Why do you think they… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“things, our society is not divided into “good” and “bad.” Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does… — Veronica Roth Bravery Copy Share Image
“The Candor man wears a black suit with a white tie—Candor standard uniform. Their faction values honesty and sees the truth as… — Veronica Roth Black and white Copy Share Image
“You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts.… — Veronica Roth Learning Copy Share Image
“These days it’s easier for me to fall asleep when there is noise around me. I can focus on the sound instead… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It's strange how, even though I should be grieving, I feel like I am actually getting back pieces of her, word by… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I wake wondering how I did not notice, every day I sat across from her at the breakfast table, that she was… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like we are the same, but sometimes, like right now, I feel the separation between our personalities like I've… — Veronica Roth Conflict Copy Share Image
“I don't know, I guess I agree with them. That if everyone would just keep learning about the world around them, they… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it,… — Veronica Roth Cities Copy Share Image
I laugh, mirthless, a mad laugh. I savor the scowl on her face, the hate in her eyes. She was like a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in… — 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 Death Copy Share Image
Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite. People who get this kind of result are…” She looks over her shoulder… — 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 Time Copy Share Image
“I smirk a little. I did it, I put that expression on his face. I am not the perfect Abnegation child, doomed… — 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 Death Copy Share Image
I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“We are creatures of loss; we have left everything behind. I have no home, no path, and no certainty. I am no… — Veronica Roth Courage Copy Share Image
“My family would never approve of me firing a gun. They would say that guns are used for self-defense, if not violence,… — Veronica Roth Family Copy Share Image
My heart beats so hard it hurts, and I can't scream and I can't breathe, but I also feel everything, every vein… — Veronica Roth Adrenaline Copy Share Image
“That was the problem with being so convinced of your own awfulness—you thought other people were lying when they didn’t agree with… — Veronica Roth Lying Copy Share Image
