I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The floor is solid metal in some places and metal grating in others. Everything smells like rotting garbage and fire. "Don't say… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Yes, I'm sure it will be very peaceful when we are all dead or cowering in submission under the threat of mind… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. "THAT'S why… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“We may not be Erudite, but mental preparedness is one aspect of your Dauntless training. Arguably, it is the most important aspect.”… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I tick off each quality in my mind as he says it -- fear, low intelligence, dishonesty, aggression, selfishness. He is talking… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I was also beginning to learn about social psychology and the Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures, which made me think… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I don’t know why I walk through the doors. Maybe I decide that we’ve come this far, we might as well see… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You promised you wouldn't tell her," she says, pointing at me. "What happened to protecting her?" "I changed my mind," I say.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders.… — 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
I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. It is the same… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn't enough space in… — 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