I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I don’t pity him.” I struggle to keep the anger out of my voice. It would make her suspicious. “He’s not the… — Veronica Roth Anger Copy Share Image
About when to let others sacrifice themselves for you, even if its selfish. They say that if the sacrifice is the ultimate… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a… — Veronica Roth Care Copy Share Image
“requiring a person to disappear, to fade into the background wherever they go, is no better than encouraging them to punch one… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Am I done yet?' I say, and I'm not sure if I actually say it or if I just think it and… — Veronica Roth Allegiant Copy Share Image
That is how it feels. Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I cant tell the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice… — Veronica Roth Choices Copy Share Image
“Because you like to hurt people. And you think you're special, you think everyone around you is a bunch of sissies who… — Veronica Roth Allegiant Copy Share Image
My father has a way of persuading people without charm that has always confused me. He states his opinions as if they’re… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wander into the realm of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I have a message for the Divergent" I am Divergent. "This is not a negotiation" No, it is not. "It is a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“He touches my cheek and, even though we're in a room full of people, crowded by laughter and conversation, slowly kisses me.… — Veronica Roth Communication Copy Share Image
The man running toward me is not a man, he is a boy. A shaggy-haired boy with a crease between his eyebrows.… — Veronica Roth Boys Copy Share Image
I don't want to try to live up to someone who's created something so incredible. I'm just trying to focus on what… — Veronica Roth Book Copy Share Image
“I think it would be easier to fight in a dress,” says Marlene, tapping her chin. “It would give your legs freer… — Veronica Roth Fashion Copy Share Image
My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction… — Veronica Roth Faction Copy Share Image
“Leaders must not be chosen based on charisma, popularity, or ease of communication, all of which are misleading and have little to… — Veronica Roth Communication Copy Share Image
Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And when we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently we might have ended up doing… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“His gestures, his inflections, his manner, they are hers. They make him into just a whisper of her, and that is not… — Veronica Roth Gestures Copy Share Image
I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me… — Veronica Roth Absence Copy Share Image
“Then I thought of how strong I have become, how secure I feel with the person I now am, and how all… — Veronica Roth Brave Copy Share Image
People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every… — Veronica Roth Death Copy Share Image
I settle into their pace. The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Tobias presses into the wall behind me, so close to me that his chin floats over my head and I can feel… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern. If I unfocus… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between… — Veronica Roth Amity Copy Share Image
Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And the transfer initiates with forgiving parents will be able to see them again too. I suspect mine will not be among… — Veronica Roth Forgiving Copy Share Image
All I want to say is that when you stop being delusional and start feeling desperate because you're too inept to figure… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I didn’t think it would affect you this way.” Then he looks down and shrugs. “Sometimes I forget that I can hurt… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Sometime bravery involves giving up everything you have ever known... but sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting you're… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I smirk a little. I did it, I put that expression on his face. I am not the perfect Abnegation child, doomed… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite. People who get this kind of result are…” She looks over her shoulder… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“And what this is, I realize, is life. I don't want it. I want my parents and I have for weeks. I've… — Veronica Roth Death Copy Share Image
“Men like Ryzek Noavek were not born; they were made. But time could not move backward. Just as he had been made,… — Veronica Roth Time Copy Share Image
I wake wondering how I did not notice, every day I sat across from her at the breakfast table, that she was… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image