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  • #1
    Veronica Roth
    “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #2
    Veronica Roth
    “Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #3
    Veronica Roth
    “I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #4
    Veronica Roth
    “Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

    'Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #5
    Veronica Roth
    “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #6
    Veronica Roth
    “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #7
    Veronica Roth
    “A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #8
    Veronica Roth
    “Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #9
    Veronica Roth
    “I am selfish. I am brave.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #10
    Veronica Roth
    “Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #11
    Veronica Roth
    “It must require bravery to be honest all the time.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #12
    Veronica Roth
    “I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless.
    I am Divergent.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #13
    Veronica Roth
    “Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?"

    "Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head.

    "Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls."

    "Oh, Shut up.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #14
    Veronica Roth
    “Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #15
    Veronica Roth
    “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

  • #16
    Veronica Roth
    “...there is power in self-sacrifice.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #17
    Veronica Roth
    “Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #18
    Veronica Roth
    “Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #19
    Veronica Roth
    “Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me.

    But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #20
    Veronica Roth
    “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.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #21
    Veronica Roth
    “Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #22
    Veronica Roth
    “You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes.
    "Not claustrophobic people, Tris.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #23
    Veronica Roth
    “You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says.
    "You know," I say. "I really don't care."
    I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his.
    It is the best moment of my life.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #24
    Veronica Roth
    “People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #25
    Veronica Roth
    “One Choice

    One Choice, decided your friends.

    One Choice, defines your beliefs.

    One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever.

    ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #26
    Veronica Roth
    “What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina.
    “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #27
    Veronica Roth
    “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.”
    veronica roth, Allegiant

  • #28
    Veronica Roth
    “Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something."
    "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?"
    I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"...
    "Maybe you were cut out for Candor," he says, "because you're a terrible liar.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #29
    Veronica Roth
    “Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be."
    "That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?"...
    "You've been paying close attention, haven't you?"
    "I like to observe people/"
    "Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.”
    Veronica Roth, Divergent

  • #30
    Veronica Roth
    “I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.”
    Veronica Roth, Allegiant



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