Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him. — 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
“Tris-"Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Why do you say vague things if you don't want to be asked about them? — 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
Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I do trust you, is what I want to say. But it isn't true -- I didn't trust him to love me… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to know what his fears are. He… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I don't really control the story. I just let it go where it wants to go. I have no idea what's going… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Out of my peripheral vision, I see Four shove the door open and walk out. Apparently this fight isn't interesting enough for… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Is there any other way to Erudite headquarters?" I say. "Not that I now of," says Cara. "Unless you want to jump… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I can’t answer either question. But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
All I want is to become someone new. In this case, Tobias Johnson, son of Evelyn Johnson. Tobias Johnson may have lived… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow. There is too much I want to say. The… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Peter: Where are you two going? Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner? Peter: I don't have one. I'm… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I think he came to die with me," I say. I clamp my hand over my mouth to stifle a sob. If… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
One piece of advice I have is: Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to… — 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
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
Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I want to cry because something terrible happened, and I saw it, and I could not see a way to mend it. — 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
