--- title: "7 Compounds Quotes By Veronica Roth" description: "7 Compounds quotes by Veronica Roth. Plus more from Veronica Roth and more Compounds sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/veronica-roth-66_amity_welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s_156410.png" --- > [Welcome to the Amity compound," Johanna's eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. "Let us take care of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s-eyes-fix-on-my-face-and-she/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/veronica-roth-66_amity_welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s_156410.png) > [It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/it-seems-like-the-rebellions-never-stop-in-the-city-in-the-compound/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/veronica-roth-66_cities_it-seems-like-the-rebellions-never-stop_589076.png) > [Welcome to the Amity compound,' says Johanna. Her eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. 'Let us take care of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/welcome-to-the-amity-compound-says-johanna-her-eyes-fix-on-my-face/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/veronica-roth-66_care_welcome-to-the-amity-compound-says-johan_1373602.png) > [She walks away, and I am too stunned to follow her. At the end of the hallways she turns and says, "Have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/she-walks-away-and-i-am-too-stunned-to-follow-her-at-the-end-of-the/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/veronica-roth-66_add_she-walks-away-and-i-am-too-stunned-to-f_1812854.jpg) > [You're afraid of heights,'I say. 'How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?' 'I ignore my fear,' he (Four) says. 'When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-re-afraid-of-heights-i-say-how-do-you-survive-in-the-dauntless-2/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/veronica-roth-66_afraid_you-re-afraid-of-heights-i-say-how-do-yo_2011798.png) > [She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/she-has-been-to-the-compound-before-she-remembered-this-hallway-she/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/veronica-roth-66_compounds_she-has-been-to-the-compound-before-she_2447338.png) > [Let me get this straight. So you left the Dauntless compound to get ready for war... and took your makeup bag with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/let-me-get-this-straight-so-you-left-the-dauntless-compound-to-get/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/veronica-roth-66_attractive_let-me-get-this-straight-so-you-left-the_2621954.png) ## Other authors on Compounds ## More by Veronica Roth > [How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/how-strange-that-something-so-simple-could-have-been-instrumental-in/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable or corrupt or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-was-beginning-to-feel-that-i-had-finally-found-a-place-to-stay-a/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-acts-so-tough-that-he-s-probably-afraid-of-marshmallows-and-really/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/and-is-it-selfish-of-me-to-crave-victory-or-is-it-brave/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-always-look-like-someone-s-sucked-the-life-right-out-of-you-when/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“We can be mended. We mend each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/we-can-be-mended-we-mend-each-other/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/don-t-worry-about-me-handling-the-pain-i-say-i-ve-had-a-lot-of/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/soon-i-will-honor-my-parents-by-dying-as-they-died-and-if-all-they/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“Mas lembre-se, já agora, que por vezes as pessoas que oprimimos tornam-se mais poderosas do que nós gostaríamos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/mas-lembre-se-j-agora-que-por-vezes-as-pessoas-que-oprimimos-tornam/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/am-aware-of-how-little-space-there-is-between-us-six-inches-at-most/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“Oh, good,” I say, a sour taste in my mouth. “Heroism is what I was focused on. Not, you know, trying not to die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/oh-good-i-say-a-sour-taste-in-my-mouth-heroism-is-what-i-was-focused/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/caleb-frowns-at-him-how-old-are-you-anyway-eighteen-and-you-don-t/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/what-do-you-think-they-re-going-to-do-to-us-when-they-find-us-guilty/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [“La paz está restringida, eso es libertad”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/la-paz-est-restringida-eso-es-libertad/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) > [In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/in-some-parts-of-the-ancient-world-the-hawk-symbolized-the-sun-back/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compounds/veronica-roth/#itemlist", "name": "7 Compounds Quotes By Veronica Roth", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Welcome to the Amity compound,\" Johanna's eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. \"Let us take care of you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s-eyes-fix-on-my-face-and-she/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/veronica-roth-66_amity_welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s_156410.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/veronica-roth-66_amity_welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s_156410.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/veronica-roth-66_amity_welcome-to-the-amity-compound-johanna-s_156410.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Welcome to the Amity compound,\" Johanna's eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. \"Let us take care…” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. 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