“I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.”
Veronica Roth“Stupid. Why do people want to pretendthat death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t”
Veronica Roth“If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned it from anyone.”
Veronica Roth, Allegiant“It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt."We stay in the silence and the loneliness of the otherwise empty dormitory for a few more minutes, and I try to let her words work themselves into me.”
Veronica Roth, Allegiant“He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almost killinng me was one of those thingss—and another list of all the good, heroic, brave things he had not done, and then decided that he was tired. Tired, not just of living, but of existing. Tired of being Al.”
Veronica Roth, Insurgent“Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt”
Veronica Roth“Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially”
Veronica Roth“We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.”
Veronica Roth, Allegiant“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.”
Veronica Roth, Allegiant“My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil."I back up another step and say, "She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplaced disgust for another person's genetics. 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. ...”
Veronica Roth, Allegiant“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.”
Veronica Roth, Divergent