Veronica Roth Quotes

I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

I only came for Cake -Tobias Eaton, Divergent

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Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too weak to be of any use, and they pity me for it.

I pull my foot back again, but Four's hands clamp around my arms, and he pulls me away from her with irresistible force. I breathe through gritted teeth, staring at Molly's blood-covered face, the col...

I think it would be easier to fight in a dress, says Marlene, tapping her chin. It would give your legs freer movement. And who really cares if you flash people your underwear, as long as you’re kicki...

I think that are the liar! I say, my voice quaking. You tell me you love me, you trust me, you think I'm more perceptive than the avarge person. And the first second that belief in my perceptiveness,...

I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity.

I think we've made a mistake, he says softly. We've all started to put down virtues of the other faction in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless...

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

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

If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.

If I don't survive, I say, tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.

It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.

It's what you deserve to hear, I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known.

I’ll be your family now, he says.I love you, I say.I said that once, before I went to Erudite headquarters, but he was asleep then. I don’t know why I didn’t say it when he could hear it. Maybe I was...

One ChoiceOne Choice, decided your friends.One Choice, defines your beliefs.One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever.ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU

Shh, I say. Arms around me. Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?