Quotes by Veronica Roth

This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.

I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation.

I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will.

Youre desperate, and so am I, I said. Desperate people make stupid decisions all the time.P244

I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong.

This is how we came by our factions: Candor, Erudite, Amity, Abnegation and Dauntless. Max smiles. In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we find our sense of belonging, our sense of community, our very lives.

Im not abnegation, Im not dauntless, I am Divergent

The opinions of others cannot damage you.

Its when youre acting selflessly that you are at you bravest

Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just cant help yourself.

Maybe theres more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I dont.

It happened. It was awful. You arent perfect. Thats all there is. Dont confuse your grief with guilt.

I should have forgiven him.”“Maybe. Maybe there’s more we all could have done,” he says, “but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.”I frown and pull back. That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn – guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.

If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not.

Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.

Are you asking me to undress, Tris?A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. Only ... partially

Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a persons dating possibilities.

What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina.“Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?

Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity.