“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
What thought or message would you put in a fortune cookie? "Stop reading this. Eat the cookie and live your life. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though? — 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
“I'm not sure bravery is something you acquire more of with age, like wisdom --but maybe here, in Dauntless, bravery is the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I try to think of something helpful to say. I'm not going to die -- but I don't know that. We live… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“But the reach of each faction is not limited to these areas. We give one another far more than can be adequately… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn’t a fool,” I say. “She just understood something you didn’t. That it’s not sacrifice if it’s someone else’s life… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And I don't want to die anymore. I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who is detached from you. They just listen to what you tell them and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I feel like I understand, then, the way he ranks things in his mind: his life, first; his comfort in a world… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What book(s) changed your life and why? I could probably list books for days, so I’ll just list a few favorites: The… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I can see brown-tinged water rushing through one pipe, disappearing into the machine, and emerging clear. Both of us watch the purification… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Hay tantas maneras de ser valiente en este mundo. A veces la valentía implica dar tu vida por algo más grande que… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“maybe here, in dauntless, bravery is the highest form of wisdom. the acknowledgement that life can and should be lived without fear” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think I have forgiven her. Sometimes I’m not certain I have. I don’t know how—that’s like asking how you continue… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Sometime bravery involves giving up everything you have ever known... but sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting you're… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“We live in a dangerous world, and I am not so attached to life that I will do anything to survive. I… — 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
“These people have no regard for human life," she says. "They're about to wipe the memories of all our friends and Neighbors.… — 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
“There is so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than… — 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 Copy Share Image
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off… — 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 Copy Share Image
You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“To live factionless is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the… — 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
“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
“He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share
You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris — Veronica Roth Copy Share
Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice. — Veronica Roth Copy Share
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
“Mas lembre-se, já agora, que por vezes as pessoas que oprimimos tornam-se mais poderosas do que nós gostaríamos.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
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… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share
