The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though? — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“No siempre hay que pegar a la gente en la cara para demostrar lo fuerte que eres.” — Veronica Roth Amor Copy Share Image
No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“They'll care for each other, she says. That's what people do. I smile and close my eyes.” — Veronica Roth Allegiant Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how, but the dormitory smells like sleep—like laundry and shoes and night sweats and morning coffee.” — Veronica Roth Dormitory Copy Share Image
So you're her brother? Says Linn. I guess we know who got the good genes. — Veronica Roth Brother Copy Share Image
The battle we are fighting is not against a particular group. It is against human nature - or at least what it… — Veronica Roth Battle Copy Share Image
“We just...weren't supposed to hurt people", I say. "I like to think I'm helping them by hating them", she says. "I'm reminding… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“You all have functional brains, last time I checked,” I say. “You can think like the Erudite, too.” “But we don’t have… — Veronica Roth Brains Copy Share Image
“They created us, they shaped our world, they told us what to believe. If they told us what to believe, and we… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I glance at Tris. She grins at me, then leans in to whisper something to Christina. "Are you here to help or… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
feel Tobias brushing my hair back before the first simulation. I hear him telling me to be brave. I hear my mother… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“There is evil in everyone. The first step toward loving someone else is to recognize that evil in yourself, so you can… — Veronica Roth Evil Copy Share Image
“I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she isn’t just beautiful in spite… — Veronica Roth Parenting Copy Share Image
But I understand now what Tori said about her tattoo representing a fear she overcame-a reminder of where she was, as well… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Yesterday he told me he thought I would have to pretend to be weak, but he was wrong. I am weak already.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I cross my arms. "It was a two minute conversation." "I don't think a smaller time frame makes it less unwise." He… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What book(s) changed your life and why? I could probably list books for days, so I’ll just list a few favorites: The… — Veronica Roth Books Copy Share Image
I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if… — Veronica Roth Belief Copy Share Image
“Do they have to be so public?” I say. "She just kissed him." Al frowns at me. When he frowns, his thick… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Then Drew shuffles into the dining hall. I drop my toast, and my mouth drifts open. Calling him “bruised” would be an… — 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 Habit Copy Share Image
All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“So in Indianapolis you just . . . corrected their genes and shoved them in a city somewhere? Without factions?” — Veronica Roth Indianapolis Copy Share Image
“I do not dare to disturb it with the truth, because I am too busy clinging to it for support.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Do you think I'm important to the Dauntless? Because I'm not. I'm just someone who isn't afraid of much.” — 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
“Taken to extremes even the best human qualities would go sour.” — Veronica Roth Extremes Copy Share Image
Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“His breaths, my breaths, his body, my body, we are so close there is no difference.” — Veronica Roth Breaths Copy Share Image
“If the sacrifice is the ultimate way for that person to show you that they love you, you should let them do… — Veronica Roth Love Copy Share Image
Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Four!" I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear — Veronica Roth Acting Copy Share Image
Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like. — Veronica Roth Mightier Copy Share Image
