“It's strange how, even though I should be grieving, I feel like I am actually getting back pieces of her, word by… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I don't know, I guess I agree with them. That if everyone would just keep learning about the world around them, they… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like we are the same, but sometimes, like right now, I feel the separation between our personalities like I've… — Veronica Roth Conflict Copy Share Image
I laugh, mirthless, a mad laugh. I savor the scowl on her face, the hate in her eyes. She was like a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it,… — Veronica Roth Cities Copy Share Image
“I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“things, our society is not divided into “good” and “bad.” Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does… — Veronica Roth Bravery Copy Share Image
Just because they didn’t shoot you all in the head doesn’t mean their intentions were somehow honorable. Why do you think they… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father… — Veronica Roth Boys Copy Share Image
“We live in a dangerous world, and I am not so attached to life that I will do anything to survive. I… — Veronica Roth Dangerous world Copy Share Image
“Except now I think that she isn’t just beautiful in spite of the scar, she’s somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with… — Veronica Roth Mother Copy Share Image
“You okay?" he says, touching my cheek. His hand cradles the side of my head, his long fingers slipping through my hair.… — Veronica Roth First person Copy Share Image
“These people have no regard for human life," she says. "They're about to wipe the memories of all our friends and Neighbors.… — Veronica Roth Human life Copy Share Image
“A of my parents floats into my head the moment I close my eyes. Once when I was about 11 I stopped… — Veronica Roth Father Copy Share Image
“You go first," Four says. Eric shrug. "Edward." Four leans against the door frame and nods. The moonlight makes his eyes bright.… — Veronica Roth Bitter taste Copy Share Image
“Every part of my body chants it in unison. Live, live, live. I thought that in order to give my life in… — Veronica Roth Death Copy Share Image
“The Candor man wears a black suit with a white tie—Candor standard uniform. Their faction values honesty and sees the truth as… — Veronica Roth Black and white Copy Share Image
“You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts.… — Veronica Roth Learning Copy Share Image
“These days it’s easier for me to fall asleep when there is noise around me. I can focus on the sound instead… — Veronica Roth 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. My… — Veronica Roth Instinct Copy Share Image
“Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference. I doubt all the Erudite want to study all the time, or… — Veronica Roth Erudite Copy Share Image
“I guess I grew suspicious of both. Power and knowledge," I say. "To the Abnegation, power should only be given to people… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pass, and the… — Veronica Roth Absence Copy Share Image
“Both of us watch the purification happen, and I wonder if he is thinking what I am: that it would be nice… — Veronica Roth Life Copy Share Image
“We have to go,” Tris says, and I know she’s not talking about leaving Michigan Avenue or taking Edward to the hospital;… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“In that moment I’m able to accept the inevitability of how I feel, though not with joy. I need to talk to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What does it matter if you are flashing them your underwear, as long as you kick the hell out of them?" "What… — Veronica Roth Flashing Copy Share Image
You were afraid of shooting people?" "No," I say. "I was afraid of my considerable capacity to kill." How many young men… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I'm sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what's wrong with me. I want it to be over.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I can’t hold… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“But now I know I am like the blade and he is like the whetstone— I am too strong to break so… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“If we're afraid to be ourselves, then who are we? Where's there left to hide? But if we could concur that fear,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel. I feel it… — Veronica Roth Body Copy Share Image
He should be the one to die, part of me thinks. I don't want to lose him, another part argues. I don't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Some of the people here want to blame genetic damage for everything,” he says. “It’s easier for them to accept than the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Courageous? Courageous would have been admitting weakness and leaving Dauntless, no matter what shame accompanied it. Pride is what killed Al, and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“WE BELIEVE in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives on person to stand up for another WE BELIEVE in… — Veronica Roth Bravery Copy Share Image
“The glass room above the Pit is full of Dauntless, some of them walking the ropes above our heads, some talking and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's… — Veronica Roth Better place Copy Share Image
