Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
What?" I ask. "I'm developing a theory." "And it is?" She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, "That you have a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Every part of my body chants it in unison. Live, live, live. I thought that in order to give my life in… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp,… — 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 Copy Share Image
“My mother was from here. I can feel her in the walls, in the air. I can feel her settled inside me,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Two years ago," she says, "I was afraid of spiders, suffocation, walls that inch slowly inward and trap you between them,getting thrown… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Stupid. Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I feel a thread tugging me again, but this time I know that it isn’t some sinister force dragging me toward death.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“to your death, is what I suspect he wants to say, but he can’t even say the words—“to Erudite headquarters.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You look different." His words, normally crisp,are now sluggish. "So do you," I say.And he does-he looks more relaxed,younger. "What are you… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her. — 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 Copy Share Image
Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt." We stay in the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Despite the depravity I see in Dauntless, though, I could not leave it. It isn't only because the thought of living factionless,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I imagine hurtling into the air in a car with wings, the energy of the engine and the rush of wind through… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“This is how the Dauntless mourn: by chasing grief into the oblivion of alcohol and leaving it there.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I might survive the death serum,” I say. “I’m good at fighting off serums. There’s a chance I’ll survive. There’s no chance… — 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
“Death is so quick, so certain. Where we’re going now, nothing is certain.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The steps were crowded with bodies then. Now they are clean and cool, like nothing ever happened here.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What if the curtain that separates us is not death but a chain-link fence and some land?” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming. — 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
