All Veronica Roth Quotes
- I feel like what I have become is halfway between my mother and my father, violent and impulsive and desperate and afraid. I feel like… Afraid
- He bends over to untie his shoes. “So, have you been ostracized from your little crowd of devotees?” “No,” I say automatically. Then I add,… Add
- Abnegation produces deeply serious people. People who automatically see things like need,” he says. “I’ve noticed that when people switch to Dauntless, it creates some… Abnegation
- So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me? Better
- I shield my eyes from the sun to see her cold look—the expression I saw in my mind even before I looked at her. She… All
- It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the people you love… Bad
- I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himself—when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it… Casually
- To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means… All
- It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil. Evil
- I feel empty, not because of sadness, but because of relief, all the tension flowing out of me. All
- It doesn't take skill to stand in a place were no bullets find you, or to fire into the dark and hit a man you… Bullets
- Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is forgotten. Anger
- I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him. Become Better
- I am wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans, black shoes--new clothes, but beneath them, my Dauntless tattoos. It is impossible to erase my choices. Especially… Beneath
- Ignore them. They don't know what it is to make a difficult decision." "You wouldn't have done it, I bet." "That is only because I… All
- If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end. All
- I wonder if this is how is is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men,… All
- It's strange to see people you don't know well in the morning, with sleepy eyes and pillow creases in their cheeks Cheeks
- Every question that can be answered must beanswered or at least engaged. Illogical thought processes must bechallenged when they arise.Wrong answers must be corrected.Correct answers… Affirmed
- The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving… Actually Giving
- She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics. All
- Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. Damage
- Sometimes I just... want to see it again. Want to see you awake. Awake
- I do like to hit people-I like the explosion of power and energy, and the feeling that I am untouchable because I can hurt people.… Broken
- Morning," I say. "Shh," she says. "If you don't acknowledge it, maybe it will go away. Acknowledge