Authors:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Veronica Roth Quotes - Page 17

All Quotes Acting Belief Blame Bravery Challenges Character Children Choices Community Courage Desire Dying Energy Evil Failing Fear Feelings Fighting Focus Giving Goodness Grief Guilt Hate Heart Home Honesty Honor Hurt Inspirational Justice Kissing Laughter Leaving Liars Life Losing Love Loyalty Lying Memories Mom Morning Opportunity Pain Pride Purpose Quality Racing Reading Running Sacrifice Safety Selfishness Silence Skins Sleep Today Training Virtue Waiting Wall War Water Weakness Worry Writing

I take a deep breath. I'm not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but know that I've acknowledge it, it's impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. It writhes in my

I take a deep breath. I'm not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but know that I've acknowledge it, it's impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. It writhes in my stomach and throat. I need to leave. I need the truth.

Sleep, Long, Needs

Veronica Roth (2013). “Allegiant (Divergent, Book 3)”, p.35, HarperCollins UK

I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.

Expectations, Parent, Example

Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.32, HarperCollins

I open the door to the fear landscape room and flip open the small black box that was in my back pocket to see the syringes inside. This is the box I have always used, padded around the needles; it is a sign of something sick inside me, or something brave.

Doors, Sick, Brave

He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and kisses me, sending a warm ache through my body. I wrap my hands around his arm, holding him there as long as I can. When he touches me, the hollowed-out feeling in my chest and stomach is not as noticeable.

Kissing, Hands, Long

Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. I wonder if this is how it is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likeable as good men.

Men, Evil, Good Man

What?" I ask. "I'm developing a theory." "And it is?" She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, "That you have a death wish.

Wish, Hamburgers, Theory

Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.40, Harper Collins

I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

Smart, Brave, Divergent

"Divergent and the Gospel (Part II): Vanquishing Weakness, Cultivating Strength" by Jacob Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2014.

The Dauthless have the wierdest slang. Pansycake, Nose...is there a term for The Candor?" "Of course."Uriah grins."Jerks

Noses, Jerk, Candor

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 doesn't. 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.

Courage, Giving Up, Pain

"Allegiant". Book by Veronica Roth, 2013.

I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior

Tobias, My Family, Lost

Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.

Religious, Race, Evil

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)”, p.29, HarperCollins UK

That's the first time I've ever said those words out loud, and now I hear how strange they are. How many young men fear that there is a monster instead them? People are supposed to fear others, not themselves.

Men, People, Firsts

I was so afraid that we would just keep colliding over and over again if we stayed together, and that eventually the impact would break me. But now I know I am like the blade and he is like the whetstone- I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.

Strong, Impact, Together

Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabría hacerlo.

Valor

People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.

Pain, Grief, Mean

"Allegiant". Book by Veronica Roth, 2013.

You want him to walk?" Caleb demands. "Are you insane?" "Did I shoot him in the leg?" I say. "No. He walks. Where do we go, Peter?

Insane, Demand, Legs

It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths “peace".

Cities, Rebellion, Compounds

Half of bravery is perspective.

Perspective, Bravery, Half

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

Brave, Easy, Be Brave

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.

Real, Sacrifice, People

In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life.

Purpose, Factions

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)”, p.29, HarperCollins UK

I love you" I say. "I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.

Love You, Say I Love You, I Love You Too

Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.

Believe, Done, Want

I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.

Fire, Lasts, Bedtime

Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.

Suicide, Thinking, Desire

You May Also Like: