Veronica Roth Quotes

I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.

I don't belong to Abnegation, or Dauntless, or even the Divergent. I don't belong to the Bureau or the experiment or the fringe. I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me-they, and the love...

About Author

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 don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you...

I feel a thread tugging me again, but this time I know that it isn’t some sinister force dragging me toward death. This time I know it’s my mother's hand, drawing me into her arms. And I go gladly int...

I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own.Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?Terrified, he replies with a smile.

I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.

I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is f...

I ignore my fear, he says. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between notbeing afraid and acting in spite of fea...

I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

I know some things--I know that I'm not alone, that I have friends, that I'm in love. I know that I don't want to die, and for me that's something--more than I could have said a few weeks ago.

I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as she can to destroy herself … I can’t love her.I want t...

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

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 read somewhere, once, that 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...

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.

Not many of us will be able to go, because a crowd that large would draw too much attention. Evelyn won’t let us leave without a fight, so I thought it would be best to recruit people who I know to be...

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.

Sometimes, he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.

Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’…‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’…‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’…‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’…‘And those who...