--- title: "25 Strong Quotes By Veronica Roth" description: "25 Strong quotes by Veronica Roth. Plus more from Veronica Roth and more Strong sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/veronica-roth-66_pain_i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak-36302_363029.png" --- > [“I may be in pain, but I am not weak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/veronica-roth-66_pain_i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak-36302_363029.png) > [You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-don-t-always-have-to-smack-people-in-the-face-with-how-strong-you/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/veronica-roth-66_faces_you-don-t-always-have-to-smack-people-in_1738349.png) > [He is strong, and lithe, and certain. And he is mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-is-strong-and-lithe-and-certain-and-he-is-mine/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/veronica-roth-66_certain_he-is-strong-and-lithe-and-certain-and-h_784246.png) > [Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/stiff-that-s-why-you-re-strong-get-it-tobias-eaton/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/veronica-roth-66_inspirational_stiff-that-s-why-you-re-strong-get-it-to_3027370.png) > [My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/my-skepticism-is-strong-but-my-curiosity-is-stronger/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/veronica-roth-66_contradiction_my-skepticism-is-strong-but-my-curiosity_2932382.png) > [“Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/stiff-that-s-why-you-re-strong-get-it/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/veronica-roth-66_four_stiff-that-s-why-you-re-strong-get-it-27_2734548.png) > [This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/this-was-the-first-place-i-everfelt-strong-every-time-i-breathe-this/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/veronica-roth-66_air_this-was-the-first-place-i-everfelt-stro_1446563.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) > [How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/how-have-i-never-realized-before-that-for-all-the-strong-kind-parts/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/veronica-roth-66_broken_how-have-i-never-realized-before-that-fo_441696.png) > [I wonder how I seem to them. They must see someone I don't see. Someone capable and strong. Someone I can't be;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-wonder-how-i-seem-to-them-they-must-see-someone-i-don-t-see-someone/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/veronica-roth-66_capable_i-wonder-how-i-seem-to-them-they-must-se_2703891.png) > [I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-am-too-strong-to-break-so-easily-and-i-become-better-sharper-every/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/veronica-roth-66_break_i-am-too-strong-to-break-so-easily-and-i_956464.png) > [I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-feel-like-myself-strong-and-weak-at-once-allowed-at-least-for-a/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/veronica-roth-66_feel_i-feel-like-myself-strong-and-weak-at-on_1008822.png) > [She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/she-tips-her-chin-up-and-looks-at-me-with-that-abnegation/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/veronica-roth-66_abnegation_she-tips-her-chin-up-and-looks-at-me-wit_386226.png) > [“I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-didn-t-scream-i-wasn-t-afraid-i-knew-i-was-strong-enough-to-survive/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/veronica-roth-66_carve-the-mark_i-didn-t-scream-i-wasn-t-afraid-i-knew-i_3212350.png) > [I was so afraid that we would just keep colliding over and over again if we stayed together, and that eventually the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-was-so-afraid-that-we-would-just-keep-colliding-over-and-over-again/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/veronica-roth-66_afraid_i-was-so-afraid-that-we-would-just-keep_3130194.jpg) > [she’s not pretty, that word is too small. She is not like the girls I used to stare at, all bend and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/she-s-not-pretty-that-word-is-too-small-she-is-not-like-the-girls-i/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/veronica-roth-66_attention_she-s-not-pretty-that-word-is-too-small_1304424.png) > [But please, when you see an opportunity…” He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/but-please-when-you-see-an-opportunity-he-presses-his-hand-to-my/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/veronica-roth-66_cold_but-please-when-you-see-an-opportunity-h_3030742.png) > [He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-is-not-sweet-or-gentle-or-particularly-kind-but-he-is-smart-and/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/veronica-roth-66_brave_he-is-not-sweet-or-gentle-or-particularl_2010025.png) > [What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/what-is-wrong-with-you-i-shake-my-head-pull-it-together-and-that-s/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/veronica-roth-66_different_what-is-wrong-with-you-i-shake-my-head-p_2930911.png) > [He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. But not strength, not particularly-he is smart, but not strong. Only strong enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/he-seems-designed-specifically-for-speed-and-deadly-accuracy-but-not/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/veronica-roth-66_accuracy_he-seems-designed-specifically-for-speed_1745877.png) > [In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/in-my-own-relationships-i-know-that-i-should-break-up-with-someone/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/veronica-roth-66_being-the-best_in-my-own-relationships-i-know-that-i-sh_2931469.png) > [Who is he when he isn't Dauntless, isn't an instructor, isn't Four, isn't anything in particular? Whoever he is, I like him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/who-is-he-when-he-isn-t-dauntless-isn-t-an-instructor-isn-t-four-isn/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/veronica-roth-66_brave_who-is-he-when-he-isn-t-dauntless-isn-t_549485.jpg) > [To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/to-me-when-someone-wrongs-you-you-both-share-the-burden-of-that/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/veronica-roth-66_bears_to-me-when-someone-wrongs-you-you-both-s_1160448.png) > [I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-see-love-developing-from-friendship-common-ground-is-a-strong-basis/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/veronica-roth-66_bases_i-see-love-developing-from-friendship-co_1940275.jpg) > [“Appearing in front of me is another choice, brighter and stronger than the ones I gave myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/appearing-in-front-of-me-is-another-choice-brighter-and-stronger-than/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/veronica-roth-66_appear_appearing-in-front-of-me-is-another-choi_1780817.png) ## Other authors on Strong ## 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/strong/veronica-roth/#itemlist", "name": "25 Strong Quotes By Veronica Roth", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I may be in pain, but I am not weak.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/veronica-roth-66_pain_i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak-36302_363029.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/veronica-roth-66_pain_i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak-36302_363029.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/veronica-roth-66_pain_i-may-be-in-pain-but-i-am-not-weak-36302_363029.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I may be in pain, but I am not weak.” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/you-don-t-always-have-to-smack-people-in-the-face-with-how-strong-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/veronica-roth-66_faces_you-don-t-always-have-to-smack-people-in_1738349.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/veronica-roth-66_faces_you-don-t-always-have-to-smack-people-in_1738349.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/veronica-roth-66_faces_you-don-t-always-have-to-smack-people-in_1738349.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are” — Veronica Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He is strong, and lithe, and certain. 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