Quotes by Veronica Roth

Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I cant be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.

I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Becauseinside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, aboveall, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

Sorry, am I being rude? she asks.Im used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

There is an art to Noavek bullshit, Cyra said as she muted the feed. Were taught it from birth.

The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.

Shes a sailboat and Im an anchor, pulling us both down.

But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesnt matter here. What matters is what youve got in your gut.

You know, theres a word for big, strong men who attack women, and its coward.

We dont know whats happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.But sometimes it doesnt.Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now.

But theres so much that was a lie, its hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters.

She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil inside ourselves,so were able to forgive them.

You won’t shoot me.People tend to overestimate my character, I say quietly. They think that because I’m small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can’t possibly be cruel. But they’re wrong.

But I know that for every good thing that comes along, there is always a cost.

If shes in pain now she doesnt show it; she just closes her eyes and surrenders, and that is worse than her screaming for help, somehow.

I have a scar-a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. Its always seemed stupid to me that none of the pain Ive experienced has left a visible mark; sometimes, without a way to prove it to myself. I began to doubt that I had lied through it at all, with the memories becoming hazy over time. I want to have some kind of reminder that while wounds heal, they dont disappear forever- I carry them everywhere, always, and that is the way of things, the way of scars.That is what this tattoo will be, for me: a scar. And it seems fitting that it should document the worst memory of pain I have.

Intentions are the only thing they care about. They try to make you think they care about what you do, but they dont. They dont want you to act a certain way, they want you to think a certain way. So youre easy to understand. So you wont pose a threat to them.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.