“no wonder you left." Yeah," i say, rolling my eyes. " It was just because of the food.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it. When they do, we remember. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I will be my undoing If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love If I do not serve… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
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 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
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
“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
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
And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice." "What Choice?" "Dauntless," he says. "I was born Abnegation. I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Abnegation produces deeply serious people. People who automatically see things like need,” he says. “I’ve noticed that when people switch to Dauntless,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was...… — 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
“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
“You choose this moment to act like the Abnegation?” His voice fills the room and makes fear prickle in my chest. His… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he held even himself.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Dear David, I’m sorry, but it’s not going to happen the way we planned it. I can’t do it. I know you’re… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony;… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Abnegation who switch to Dauntless become... I don’t know, soldiers, I guess. Revolutionaries. That’s what he could be, if he trusted himself… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Maybe there is some Abnegation in everyone. Well in everyone but Peter."-Tris Prior” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent. And I can’t be controlled.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Maybe there is some Abnegation in everyone, even if they don't know it.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
So now we all know," says Four, quietly, "that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation." His mouth curls… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Tris: Wait. So you have no idea what my aptitude is? Tori: Yes and No. My conclusion is that you display equal… — 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
I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great… — 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
This is how we came by our factions: Candor, Erudite, Amity, Abnegation and Dauntless." Max smiles. "In them we find administrators and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’… ‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’… ‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’… ‘Those who blamed… — 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
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 Image
“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 Image
“He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice. — 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 will join… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Mas lembre-se, já agora, que por vezes as pessoas que oprimimos tornam-se mais poderosas do que nós gostaríamos.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
