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Veronica Roth Quotes - Page 15

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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

Divergent, Habit, New Thought

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.46, Harper Collins

That is death - shifting from "is" to "was.

Shifting

Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?" I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"... "Maybe you were cut out for Candor," he says, "because you're a terrible liar.

Liars, Heart, Cutting

Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?"... "You've been paying close attention, haven't you?" "I like to observe people/" "Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.

Girl, Dad, Liars

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

Decision, Dauntless

The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?

Goal, Easier, Ifs

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.64, Harper Collins

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

Hate, Thinking, Helping

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent”, p.64, HarperCollins UK

Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.

Long, Emptiness, Tolerate

Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Collector's Edition”, p.25, Harper Collins

Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

Sarcasm, Expenses

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

How can you fail a test you aren't allowed to prepare for?

Tests, Failing

Veronica Roth (2011). “Divergent”, p.16, Harper Collins

A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.

Good Luck, Hands, Car

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.70, HarperCollins UK

Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.

Love You, Eye, Tears

Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl" I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.

Funny, Girl, Silly

Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.

Knives, Leaving, Divergent

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.51, Harper Collins

You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong." He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife? My skin tingles at the point of contact, like he's transmitting electricity through his skin. "My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press." he says, his fingers squeezing at the word break. My body tenses at the edge in his voice, so I am coiled as tight as a spring, and I forget to breathe.

Girl, Spring, Gun

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

Dark, Men, Lust

Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.24, Harper Collins

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 not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

Differences, Decision, Acting

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.71, Harper Collins

That dot covers all the places we've ever been. You could cut that piece of land out of the ground and sing it into this ocean and no one would even notice. I feel that fear again, the fear of my own size. 'Right. So?' 'So? So everything I've ever worried about or said or done, how can it possibly matter?' He shakes his head. 'It doesn't.' 'Of course it does,' I say, 'All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter.

Ocean, Cutting, Land

We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness.

Kindness, Smart, Struggle

Take a person’s memories, and you change who they are.

Memories, Persons

I have your back. I didn't mean only when it's easy. All the time.

Mean, Easy

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 into her embrace.

Mother, Hands, Drawing

He pushes his hair, soaked from the snow, out of his eyes. "So what are we going to do, break a window? Look for a back door?" "I'm just going to walk in," I say. "I'm her son." "You also betrayed her and left the city when she forbade anyone from doing that," he says, "and she sent people after you to stop you. People with guns." "You can stay here if you want," I say. "Where the serum goes, I go," he says. "But if you get shot at, I'm going to grab it and run." "I don't expect anything more." He is a strange sort of person.

Running, Eye, Son

Yeah, sometimes life really sucks. But you know what I'm holding on for? The moments that don't suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around.

Eyebrows, Mimicking, Holding On

"Allegiant". Book by Veronica Roth, 2013.

Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.

Thinking, Needs, Lessons

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