--- title: "8 Coward Quotes By Veronica Roth" description: "8 Coward quotes by Veronica Roth. Plus more from Veronica Roth and more Coward sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/veronica-roth-66_battle_peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-a_82039.png" --- > [Peter: Where are you two going? Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner? Peter: I don't have one. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-aren-t-you-with-your-attack/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/veronica-roth-66_battle_peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-a_82039.png) > [If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/if-you-are-really-one-of-us-it-won-t-matter-to-you-that-you-might/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/veronica-roth-66_coward_if-you-are-really-one-of-us-it-won-t-mat_389731.png) > [“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-real-life-and-in-real-life-i-am/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_552099.jpg) > [“If he is a coward, it isn't because he doesn't enjoy pain. It is because he refuses to act.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/if-he-is-a-coward-it-isn-t-because-he-doesn-t-enjoy-pain-it-is/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/veronica-roth-66_act_if-he-is-a-coward-it-isn-t-because-he-do_735569.png) > [“Welcome to Dauntless! Where you either face your fears and try not to die in the process or you leave a coward”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/welcome-to-dauntless-where-you-either-face-your-fears-and-try-not-to/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/veronica-roth-66_coward_welcome-to-dauntless-where-you-either-fa_1411704.png) > [You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-know-there-s-a-word-for-big-strong-men-who-attack-women-and-it-s/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_you-know-there-s-a-word-for-big-strong-m_1455242.jpg) > [You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-re-not-a-coward-just-because-you-don-t-want-to-hurt-people/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/veronica-roth-66_coward_you-re-not-a-coward-just-because-you-don_1463569.png) > [Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-real-life/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_2963250.png) ## Other authors on Coward ## 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/coward/veronica-roth/#itemlist", "name": "8 Coward Quotes By Veronica Roth", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Peter: Where are you two going? Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner? Peter: I don't have one. I'm injured. Christina: Yeah right, you are! Peter: Well, I don't want to go to battle with a bunch of factionless. So I'm going to stay here. Christina: Like a coward. Let everyone else clean up the mess for you. Peter: Yep! Have fun dying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-aren-t-you-with-your-attack/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/veronica-roth-66_battle_peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-a_82039.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/veronica-roth-66_battle_peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-a_82039.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/veronica-roth-66_battle_peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-a_82039.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Peter: Where are you two going? Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner? Peter: I don't…” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/if-you-are-really-one-of-us-it-won-t-matter-to-you-that-you-might/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/veronica-roth-66_coward_if-you-are-really-one-of-us-it-won-t-mat_389731.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/veronica-roth-66_coward_if-you-are-really-one-of-us-it-won-t-mat_389731.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/veronica-roth-66_coward_if-you-are-really-one-of-us-it-won-t-mat_389731.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by crows.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-real-life-and-in-real-life-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_552099.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_552099.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_552099.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by crows.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If he is a coward, it isn't because he doesn't enjoy pain. It is because he refuses to act.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/if-he-is-a-coward-it-isn-t-because-he-doesn-t-enjoy-pain-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/veronica-roth-66_act_if-he-is-a-coward-it-isn-t-because-he-do_735569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/veronica-roth-66_act_if-he-is-a-coward-it-isn-t-because-he-do_735569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/veronica-roth-66_act_if-he-is-a-coward-it-isn-t-because-he-do_735569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If he is a coward, it isn't because he doesn't enjoy pain. It is because he refuses to act.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Welcome to Dauntless! Where you either face your fears and try not to die in the process or you leave a coward”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/welcome-to-dauntless-where-you-either-face-your-fears-and-try-not-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/veronica-roth-66_coward_welcome-to-dauntless-where-you-either-fa_1411704.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/veronica-roth-66_coward_welcome-to-dauntless-where-you-either-fa_1411704.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/veronica-roth-66_coward_welcome-to-dauntless-where-you-either-fa_1411704.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Welcome to Dauntless! Where you either face your fears and try not to die in the process or you leave a coward” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-know-there-s-a-word-for-big-strong-men-who-attack-women-and-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_you-know-there-s-a-word-for-big-strong-m_1455242.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_you-know-there-s-a-word-for-big-strong-m_1455242.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/veronica-roth-66_allegiant_you-know-there-s-a-word-for-big-strong-m_1455242.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-re-not-a-coward-just-because-you-don-t-want-to-hurt-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/veronica-roth-66_coward_you-re-not-a-coward-just-because-you-don_1463569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/veronica-roth-66_coward_you-re-not-a-coward-just-because-you-don_1463569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/veronica-roth-66_coward_you-re-not-a-coward-just-because-you-don_1463569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-real-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_2963250.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_2963250.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/veronica-roth-66_coward_cowardice-is-how-you-decide-to-be-in-rea_2963250.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/veronica-roth/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/veronica-roth/", "name": "Coward Quotes by Veronica Roth", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/veronica-roth/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/veronica-roth-66_battle_peter-where-are-you-two-going-tris-why-a_82039.png" }, "description": "8 Coward quotes by Veronica Roth. Plus more from Veronica Roth and more Coward sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/veronica-roth/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/veronica-roth/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Coward", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Veronica Roth", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coward/veronica-roth/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```