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Veronica Roth Quotes - Page 18

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When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable- except

When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable- except that she had jumped first. The stiff had jumped first. Even I didn't jump first. Her eyes were so stern, so insistent. Beautiful.

Beautiful, Eye, Hands

Faction before blood.

Blood, Factions

Veronica Roth (2014). “The Traitor: A Divergent Story”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

You're not very nice," I say, grinning. "You're one to talk." "Hey, I could be nice if I tried." "Hmm." He taps his chin. "Say something nice, then." "You're very good-looking." He smiles, his teeth a flash in this dark. "I like this 'nice' thing.

Nice, Dark, Teeth

Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.17, HarperCollins

I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it, you should at least do something about it instead of sitting here on this mess you made, pretending it's a throne!

Cities, Thrones, Sitting

Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.11, HarperCollins

I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.

Stupid, Decision, Wonder

I need the protection of seeming weak.

Needs, Protection, Weak

You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.

Pride, People, Laughing

Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is forgotten.

Hurt, Memories, Pushing

What makes you different, makes you dangerous.

Barbie, Different, Dangerous

"Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, 2011.

I also don't believe that whatever come after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions-that sounds too much like an Erudite afterlife to me, all accuracy and no feeling.

Life, Believe, Feelings

I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head.

Mother, Baby, Thinking

Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.

Grief, Play, Tricks

It isn't the height that scares me - the height makes me feel alive with energy, every organ and vessel and muscle in my body singing at the same pitch. Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

Fall, Flames, Singing

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.70, Harper Collins

I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

Air, Divergent, Feels

Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

Long, Divergent, Poison

"Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2011.

Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to know what his fears are. He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something.

Eye, Swings, Sunrise

He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

Knives, Bravery, Needs

You know what mom told me once? She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we're able to forgive them.

Mom, Evil, Forgiving

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

Eye, Challenges, Submissive

And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.

Intelligent, Brave, Peaceful

I stare at him. I feel my heartbeat everywhere, even in my toes. I feel like doing something bold, but I could just as easily walk away. I am not sure which option is smarter, or better. I am not sure that I care.

Care, Toes, Heartbeat

Why is your heart racing Tris?

Heart, Racing, Tris

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

Damage Is Done, Divergent, Periods

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.44, Harper Collins

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.

Bravery, Divergent, Honest

Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.38, Harper Collins

His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pass, and the hole will be gone, like when an organ is removed and the body's fluids flow into the space it leaves. Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.

Space, Long, Gone

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

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