Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I was a man, afraid of the threat he posed to my character, to my future, to my identity.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do. — 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
Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“If they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I've faced my fears so many times in simulations, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to face them in reality” — 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
“In that moment I’m able to accept the inevitability of how I feel, though not with joy. I need to talk to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pass, and the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And then time will pass, and the hole will be gone, like when an organ is removed and the body’s fluids flow… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It is because, in the brief moments that I have loved it here, I saw a faction worth saving. Maybe we can… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
In that moment I know exactly what I want; I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He kisses me again, more insistent this time, his hands squeezing my waist. His breaths, his body, my body, we are so… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I shield my eyes from the sun to see her cold look—the expression I saw in my mind even before I looked… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I don't have the right word for how she looks, but even now, with parts of her face swollen and discolored, there's… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Lynn, who is sitting on the next bunk, snorts. “I don’t see how he can be flirty, with everything that’s going on.”… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Evelyne's eyes, dark as wet earth, search mine for a long time. Then she reaches across the table and pulls me fiercely… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The slab of stone is the problem we’re facing. The tank of water is our potential for changing that problem. And the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I've done, but I'm sure my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
When i get home, I sit on the front step and take deep breaths of the cool spring air for a few… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You choose this moment to act like the Abnegation?” His voice fills the room and makes fear prickle in my chest. His… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I've done, but I'm sure my… — veronica roth Copy Share Image
You look older.” “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Why? Why spend so much time and energy fighting something that isn’t really a problem?” I demand, suddenly frustrated.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I get up, because I’m supposed to, but if it were up to me, I’d stay in my seat for the rest… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Be brave, Tris," he whispers. "The first time is always the hardest." His eyes are the last thing I see.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next… — 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
That’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way—which is that if they are persistent enough,… — 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
“I look at myself head-on again. For the first time, the idea of leaving my Abnegation identity behind doesn’t make me nervous;… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I’m wearing a bright red dress. And there’s a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“But then he stops at the door frame and says, It's 9:24. Telling me the time is a small act of betrayal-and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“My mother told me once that, a long time ago, there were people who wouldn’t buy genetically engineered produce because they viewed… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“By the time the fight dies down, my clothes are more paint-colored than black. I decide to keep the shirt to remind… — 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
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
