It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He smiles in my memory. A curled lip. Straight teeth. Light in his eyes. Laughing, teasing, more alive in memory than I… — Veronica Roth Alive Copy Share Image
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“A Stiff, the first to jump? Unheard of.” “There’s a reason why she left them, Lauren,” he says. His voice is deep,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I can't kill him. I am not sure if I love him; I'm not sure if that's why. But I am sure… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's… — Veronica Roth Conflict Copy Share Image
“Oh, so it's not enough that I told you; it has to be in the right setting?" I raise my eyebrows. "Next… — Veronica Roth Brew Copy Share Image
“I don't want to cry for Edward- at least not in the deep, personal way that you cry for a friend or… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I don't understand', I say,'why they care what I think, as long as I'm acting how they want me to.' 'You're acting… — Veronica Roth Acting Copy Share Image
Who is he when he isn't Dauntless, isn't an instructor, isn't Four, isn't anything in particular? Whoever he is, I like him.… — Veronica Roth Brave Copy Share Image
His hands skim my bare arms. “Just bounce a little when you walk,” he says, kissing my forehead, “and pretend you’re afraid… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“There is so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than… — Veronica Roth Brave Copy Share Image
I can't force you. I can't make you want to survive this." He pulls me against him and runs his hand over… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Two years ago," she says, "I was afraid of spiders, suffocation, walls that inch slowly inward and trap you between them,getting thrown… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“HAND IN HAND, we walk toward the Pit. I monitor the pressure of my hand carefully. One minute, I feel like I’m… — Veronica Roth Hand in hand Copy Share Image
I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter… — Veronica Roth Action Copy Share Image
“Our friendship has held up under an incredible weight, the weight of me shooting someone she loved, the weight of so many… — Veronica Roth Friendship Copy Share Image
I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. She is well-practiced in the art of losing herself. I can't… — Veronica Roth Art Copy Share Image
“Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything… — Veronica Roth Bravery Copy Share Image
Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says.… — Veronica Roth Angry Copy Share Image
Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training." Since when does "overseeing" include throwing knives at me and scolding… — Veronica Roth Children Copy Share Image
I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“When I pull away, and he opens his eyes, I see everything about them, the dart of light blue in his left… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Where have you been lately?" Christina says. She wiggles her eyebrows. "With Four? Doing a little... addition? Multiplication?” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to spare a person's feelings,… — Veronica Roth Lies Copy Share Image
“I brush her hair away from her face, gently, so I don't wake her. She doesn't need my protection. She's strong enough… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“It bears repeating: Intelligence is a gift, not a right. It must be wielded not as a weapon but as a tool… — Veronica Roth Gift Copy Share Image
“think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside me is a beast that snarls… — Veronica Roth Beast Copy Share Image
“A ti el miedo no te paraliza, sino que te despierta. Lo he visto. Es fascinante -me responde, y me suelta, aunque… — Veronica Roth Amor Copy Share Image
“Peter: Got that gun? Tobias: No, I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“The Amity exchange smiles. They are dressed comfortably in red or yellow. Every time I see them, they seem kind, loving, free.” — Veronica Roth Amity Copy Share Image
“You won’t shoot me." "People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I’m small, or a girl,… — Veronica Roth Character Copy Share Image
Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt -- the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a… — Veronica Roth Change Copy Share Image
“My mouth goes dry. No factions? A world in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the… — Veronica Roth Revenge Copy Share Image
