I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable. — 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
It's strange to see people you don't know well in the morning, with sleepy eyes and pillow creases in their cheeks — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“People tend to overestimate my character,' I say quietly, 'They think because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I close my eyes. I don't expect Four to reassure me, and he makes no effort to, but I feel better standing… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I came here so that no one else would die. I came here to protect as many people as I could. And… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
That's the first time I've ever said those words out loud, and now I hear how strange they are. How many young… — 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
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
Yes," Marcus says. "I understand that you are concerned -- that you all are concerned. You had never heard of the Divergent… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He pushes his hair, soaked from the snow, out of his eyes. "So what are we going to do, break a window?… — 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 do want to leave, in the desperate way that an animal wants to escape a trap. Wild and rabid. Ready… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The cruelty of fate is that I must travel with the people I hate when the people I love are dead behind… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
And now that you are out? How does the world seem to you?" he says. "Mostly the same," I say. "People are… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You need to be passionate about the creative work that you're doing, but you need to be kind of emotionally separated from… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in… — 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
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
