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Veronica Roth Quotes - Page 25

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That’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way—which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back.

That’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way—which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back.

Rocks, Water, Forever

I know that I am birdlike, made narrow and small as if for taking flight, built straight-waisted and fragile. But when he touches me like he can't bear to take his hand away, I don't wish I was any different.

Hands, Wish, Different

Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.35, HarperCollins UK

I was angry with him before. I’m not really sure why. Maybe I was just angry that the world had become such a complicated place, that I have never known even a fraction of the truth about it. Or that I allowed myself to grieve for someone who was never really gone, the same way I grieved for my mother all the years I thought she was dead. Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and it’s been played on me twice.

Mother, Grief, Grieving

Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression and you take away their motivation, or their ability to assert themselves. Take away their selfishness and you take away their sense of self-preservation.

Motivation, Compassion, Self

If the Dauntless knew about this, everyone would be getting in line to learn how to drive it,” he says. “Including me.” “No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings.” Christina pokes his arm. “Don’t you know your own faction?

Wings, Lines, Arms

But I killed a man just like my mother did. David says it’s okay because I didn’t mean to, and because he was about to kill that little kid. But I’m pretty sure my mom didn’t mean to kill my dad, either, so what difference does that make, meaning or not meaning to do something? Accident or on purpose, the result is the same, and that’s one fewer life than there should be in the world.

Mom, Mother, Dad

"What did you do?” This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him. “What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too. I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions."

Decision, Tears, Scream

"Insurgent". Book by Veronica Roth. Chapter 29, 2012.

You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.

Tired, Waiting, Littles

Veronica Roth (2012). “Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene”, p.7, Harper Collins

But when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what you've done.

Someone You Love, Done, Easier

Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.28, HarperCollins

From one tyrant to another. That is the world we know, now

Tyrants, World, Knows

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

"But please, when you see an opportunity..." He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have to look at him. His eyes glint. They almost look predatory. "Ruin them."

Strong, Eye, Opportunity

"Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, April 25, 2011.

When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony; when we go to dinner parties and everyone cleans together afterward without having to be asked; when I see Caleb help strangers carry their groceries, I fall in love with this life all over again.

Beautiful, Falling In Love, Party

Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.18, Harper Collins

So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?

Tobias, Blind, Desperation

He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. But not strength, not particularly-he is smart, but not strong. Only strong enough to carry me.

Strong, Smart, Speed

I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.

Hurt, Betrayal, Body

It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the people you love and believe in most. You just do. Okay?

Believe, Two, People

I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himself—when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it casually with a sleeve. I wonder what it feels like to volunteer to forget everything.

Running, Forget Everything, Volunteer

She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.

Mother, Truth, Women

My heart beats so hard it hurts, and I can't scream and I can't breathe, but I also feel everything, every vein and every fiber, every bone and every nerve, all awake and buzzing in my body as if charged with electricity. I am pure adrenaline.

Hurt, Heart, Nerves

"Divergent". Book by Veronica Roth, April 25, 2011.

Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt

Hurt, Sometimes, Forget

He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I don't understand this, whatever it is. But I don't want to ruin it, so I say nothing. He doesn't move; he just stays there with his mouth pressed to my skin, and I stay there with my hands on his waist, for a long time.

Moving, Eye, Hands

it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear

Fearless, Acting, Spite

I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.

Divergent, Dauntless, Insurgent

i happen to enjoy categorization.

Categorization, Enjoy, Happens

I also wanted to ask you if we can talk to the Erudite you're keeping safe here," I say. "I know they're hidden, but I need access to them." "And what do you intend to do?" she says. "Shoot them," I say, rolling my eyes. "That isn't funny.

Eye, Rolling, Needs

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