Veronica Roth

“I feel like there is a bubble in my chest that expands more by the second, threatening to break me apart from…

— Veronica Roth

“How is it possible to live the same story twice from different vantage points?”

— Veronica Roth

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

— Veronica Roth

“Only boys who have been handsome from a young age have that arrogance in their smile.”

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“It must require bravery to be honest all the time. I wouldn't know.”

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“I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils so I left it upstairs.”

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This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.

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“wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us. She”

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Eyes open, then," I say, tapping the skin between my eyebrows. I don’t really need her eyes to be on mine, but…

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“If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned…

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“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.”

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“I don’t know how long i tis before we get cold again, and huddle under the blanket together. -It’s getting more difficult…

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“I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over…

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I have to admit that Christina is good—though I don’t like giving credit to Candor smart-mouths—and so is Peter—though I don’t like…

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“I'm uncomfortable holding [my gun] now, and I used to think that my discomfort would go away with time, but now I'm…

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We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all…

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“I don’t know why I walk through the doors. Maybe I decide that we’ve come this far, we might as well see…

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“A veces, la valentía se trata de renunciar a todo lo que has conocido o a todo el mundo que alguna vez…

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Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for…

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“Learning how to think in the midst of fear,' he (Four) says, 'is a lesson that everyone, even your Stiff family, needs…

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I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was…

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“Me enamoré de él, pero no me quedo con él por inercia, como si no hubiera nada más a mi disposición. Me…

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She tries to turn too soon, and the ladder smacks into Fernando's shoulder. "Oh! Sorry, Nando." The jolt knocks his glasses askew.…

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“We believe that cowardice is to blame for the world's injustices. We believe that peace is hard-won, that sometimes it is necessary…

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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.

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I love you" I say. "I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.

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Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.

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“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others,” Four replies. “A brave man never surrenders.”

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“And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.”

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“I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity.”

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It's then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb. Of course she would.

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“That would be stupid.” “True. But in keeping with your ‘act first, think second’ behavioral trend.”

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“El miedo no te apaga, sino que te despierta, lo he visto, es fascinante”

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“gray stones for Abnegation, water for Erudite, earth for Amity, lit coals for Dauntless, and glass for Candor.”

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“Da igual el tiempo que te pases enseñando a alguien a ser valiente, nunca sabes si lo es hasta que no sucede…

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“Ruthlessness and cold logic, it seems, can accomplish almost anything.”

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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.

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Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.

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But Christina and I are not people who cry together; we're people who fight together. SO I hold my tears in.

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