“She touched his chin to steady it as she kissed him. Her mouth was warm, and wet with tears. Her teeth scored… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Instead I just let the silence stretch out between us. It's the only adequate response to what he just told me, the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after… — Veronica Roth Comedy Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure bravery is something you acquire more of with age, like wisdom --but maybe here, in Dauntless, bravery is the… — Veronica Roth Bravery Copy Share Image
“the next morning, I am silly and light. Every time I push the smile from my face, it fights its way back.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“When she’s close enough, she extends her hand. “Hello, my name is Natalie. I’m Beatrice’s mother.” Beatrice. That name is so wrong… — Veronica Roth 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
“My blood cries out that it belongs to her, and struggles to return to her, and I hear her words in my… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Hello,” she says. “My name is Amanda Ritter. In this file I will tell you only what you need to know. I… — Veronica Roth Clean slate Copy Share Image
“You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong." He… — Veronica Roth Chivalry Copy Share Image
“I could have forgiven you, you know, " I say. "For trying to kill me during initiation. I probably could have." We… — veronica roth Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. But it has strayed far from them.… — Veronica Roth Beatrice prior Copy Share Image
“Evelyne's eyes, dark as wet earth, search mine for a long time. Then she reaches across the table and pulls me fiercely… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Lynn, who is sitting on the next bunk, snorts. “I don’t see how he can be flirty, with everything that’s going on.”… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Four wanders through the crowd of initiates, watching us as we go through the movements again. When he stops in front of… — 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
“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
“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 never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips… — 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
Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m all right?” I say. “No, I’m pretty sure you’re not all right.” He shakes… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
But when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the… — Veronica Roth Being honest 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
That said, in the two weeks before I leave for the Dark Days tour, I am going radio silent, which means I… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Behind her, the door to the stairwell opens, and Tobias steps out with Marcus and Caleb behind him, almost unnoticed. Almost, except… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
No factions? A world in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't even fathom it. I… — Veronica Roth Chaos Copy Share Image
“I feel more like myself. That is all I need: to remember who I am. And I am someone who does not… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“...that our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“He sits next to me and puts his arm on the back of my chair, leaning close. I don't stare back --… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I throw my arms around his neck, and press my lips to his. He holds my face in both hands and kisses… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“She sighs, and puts her arm around me. The gesture is so comforting I almost start to cry. But Christina and I… — Veronica Roth Comforting Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent away when they can’t jump off… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And you don’t think you’re too old to be with my little sister?” Tobias lets out a short laugh. “She isn’t your… — Veronica Roth Little sister Copy Share Image
“Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
