“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
“But now I know I am like the blade and he is like the whetstone— I am too strong to break so… — 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
He should be the one to die, part of me thinks. I don't want to lose him, another part argues. I don't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel. I feel it… — Veronica Roth Body Copy Share Image
“Some of the people here want to blame genetic damage for everything,” he says. “It’s easier for them to accept than 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
“We have to go,” Tris says, and I know she’s not talking about leaving Michigan Avenue or taking Edward to the hospital;… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It's sunny today, the light glowing through the white curtains. I don't know how, but the dormitory smells like sleep-like laundry and… — Veronica Roth Dormitory Copy Share Image
What do--" Tobias's voice. Tobias! "Oh my God. Oh--" "Spare me your blubbering, okay? Peter says. "She's not dead; she's just paralyzed.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It’s not about Al,” I snap. “It’s about everyone watching! Everyone who now sees hurling themselves into the chasm as a viable… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I used to think that cruelty required malice, but that is not true. Jeanine has no reason to act out of malice.… — Veronica Roth Brain Copy Share Image
“Al walks toward the railing. "No," Eric says. "She has to do it on her own." "No, she doesn't," Al growls. "She… — Veronica Roth Fight Copy Share Image
Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression… — Veronica Roth Ability Copy Share Image
“I think we’ve made a mistake,” he says softly. “We’ve all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in… — Veronica Roth Failure Copy Share Image
You've never had a hamburger before?" asks Christine, her eyes wide. "No," I say. "Is that what it's called?" "Stiffs eat plain… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Both of us watch the purification happen, and I wonder if he is thinking what I am: that it would be nice… — Veronica Roth Life Copy Share Image
“What does it matter if you are flashing them your underwear, as long as you kick the hell out of them?" "What… — Veronica Roth Flashing Copy Share Image
It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I guess I grew suspicious of both. Power and knowledge," I say. "To the Abnegation, power should only be given to people… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference. I doubt all the Erudite want to study all the time, or… — Veronica Roth Erudite Copy Share Image
“You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a stiff. But you're wrong. My… — Veronica Roth Instinct 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 Absence Copy Share Image
“What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to spare a person's feelings,… — Veronica Roth Lies Copy Share Image
“Where have you been lately?" Christina says. She wiggles her eyebrows. "With Four? Doing a little... addition? Multiplication?” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I brush her hair away from her face, gently, so I don't wake her. She doesn't need my protection. She's strong enough… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It bears repeating: Intelligence is a gift, not a right. It must be wielded not as a weapon but as a tool… — Veronica Roth Gift Copy Share Image
“think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside me is a beast that snarls… — Veronica Roth Beast Copy Share Image
He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says.… — Veronica Roth Angry Copy Share Image
“When I pull away, and he opens his eyes, I see everything about them, the dart of light blue in his left… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training." Since when does "overseeing" include throwing knives at me and scolding… — Veronica Roth Children Copy Share Image
Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter… — Veronica Roth Action Copy Share Image
“I don't want to cry for Edward- at least not in the deep, personal way that you cry for a friend or… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. She is well-practiced in the art of losing herself. I can't… — Veronica Roth Art Copy Share Image
“Our friendship has held up under an incredible weight, the weight of me shooting someone she loved, the weight of so many… — Veronica Roth Friendship Copy Share Image
I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything… — Veronica Roth Bravery Copy Share Image
