All Veronica Roth Quotes
- Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them. Dead
- I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do… Always Appreciate
- An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share. Advice
- Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care how much money a person makes. Care
- Reading is such a huge part of my life. Funny
- Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that… Depressing
- I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the… Actual
- ...there is power in self-sacrifice. Power
- Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.' 'Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake. Breathing
- Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't. Death
- Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear… Alleyway
- I am selfish. I am brave. Brave
- A brave man acknowledges the strength of others. Acknowledge
- And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave? Brave
- What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed? Dies
- If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong. Eric
- Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. Better
- 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. It's easier to… Admit
- Do the elevators work?" I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. "Sure they do." says Zeke, rolling his eyes, "You think I'm stupid enough… Ask
- We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. Action
- Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least… Act
- Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game. Disguised
- Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle. Chest
- I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though. Little
- I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too… Al