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Veronica Roth Quotes - Page 24

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What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?

What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?

Mind, Body, Prepared

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.71, HarperCollins UK

Sometimes pain is for the greater good.

Pain, Sometimes, Greater Good

Caleb runs up to me and folds me carefully in his arms. I breathe a sigh of relief. I thought I had gotten to the point where I didn’t need my brother anymore, but I don’t think such a point actually exists.

Running, Brother, Thinking

My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.

Girl, Dear, Permanent

This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.

Strong, Air, Firsts

Veronica Roth (2013). “Free Four - Tobias tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what’s making her strong.

Strong, Looks, May

Veronica Roth (2013). “Free Four - Tobias tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how smart he is and that if I’m not careful he’ll notice that I keep staring at her, and that will be my undoing.

Smart, Trying, Eric

Veronica Roth (2013). “Free Four - Tobias tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.

Too Much, Like Her, Said

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.

Life, Who I Am, Done

Relax Beatrice, I've driven a car before.' MARCUS 'I've done a lot of things before, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at them!' TRIS

Mean, Car, Relax

So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA 'I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.' TRIS

You Like It, Grew Up, Lost

I read somewhere, one, 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 think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside of me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above all, towards life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.

Real, Eye, Animal

Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.

Powerful, Animal, Truth Is

Veronica Roth (2012). “Insurgent Collector's Edition (Enhanced Edition)”, p.22, Harper Collins

Oh for god's sake. I'll just carry you.

Sake

Veronica Roth (2012). “Insurgent Collector's Edition (Enhanced Edition)”, p.49, Harper Collins

You look older.” “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.

Looks, Passage Of Time, Passages

So, the thing we’re all not talking about,” he says. He gestures to me. “You almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now we’re all waging some serious war with the factionless as allies.” “Pansycake?” says Christina. “Dauntless slang.” Lynn smirks. “Supposed to be a huge insult, only no one uses it anymore.” “Because it’s so offensive,” says Uriah, nodding. “No. Because it’s so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?” “And a half,” he says.

War, Stupid, Thinking

I don't believe it is more important to move forward than to know the truth.

Believe, Moving, Important

I feel like someone is pressing me into a mold that does not fit my body, forcing me intothe wrong shape.

Doe, Body, Shapes

Veronica Roth (2012). “Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene”, p.6, Harper Collins

He moves his thumb in a slow circle over the back of my hand. It is meant to comfort me, but it frustrates me instead. I need to talk to him. I need to look at him.

Moving, Hands, Circles

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.

Tobias, Heartbeat, Feels

He pus his lips next to my ear and says, “You look good, Tris.

Looks, Ears, Next

I settle into their pace. The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes me believe that I could choose this. I could be subsumed into Abnegation’s hive mind, projecting always outward.

Believe, Feet, People

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.28, HarperCollins UK

My problem might be that even if I did go home, I wouldn’t belong there, among people who give without thinking and care without trying.

Home, Thinking, People

Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent”, p.53, HarperCollins UK

That said, in the two weeks before I leave for the Dark Days tour, I am going radio silent, which means I will be avoiding the Internet at all costs in order to revise, revise, revise. I will miss you. Tris says hi, though.

Mean, Dark, Order

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

Loyalty, Choices, Forever

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