Veronica RothYou won, Four mutters. Stop. I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed. ✨ Veronica Roth (2014). Divergent Series Ultimate … ▶371Reading
Veronica RothDon’t tell me you’re going to eat a mashed-potato sandwich371Humanity
Veronica RothOr maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go- which is the way I carry my mother now.371Humor
Veronica RothThere is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its ful… ▶371Truth
Veronica RothNot like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.372Love
Veronica RothI used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that's true of beginnings, but it's no… ▶372HumanityLoveThought
Veronica RothWe are not the same. But we are, somehow, one.361Death
Veronica RothBeatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves.373Thought
Veronica RothHis hand touches my waist, steadies me. The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his fingers ignited them. I pull close to him, pressing my body again… ▶341Death
Veronica RothThank you for your honesty, Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around me are the words Thank you for your honesty at different volumes and pitches, a… ▶374Truth
Veronica RothBefore we sit down, he puts his mouth next to my ear and says, “I like your hair that way. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2), p.19, HarperCollins… ▶341Reading
Veronica RothI wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.363Time
Veronica RothI expect to weave through the crowd, dodging elbows and muttering excuse me the way I always do, but there is no need. Becoming Dauntless has made me noticable.363Sadness
Veronica RothI love you, I say. I said that once, before I went to Erudite headquarters, but he was asleep then. I don't know why I didn't say it when he could hear it. Maybe I was afraid to t… ▶341LoveThought
Veronica RothI 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 abo… ▶374ThoughtTime
Veronica RothSometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.374HumorSadnessTime
Veronica RothSo 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?374Thought
Veronica RothI 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.374HumanityLove
Veronica RothI don't know if you know this, Tobias says, but Edward is a little unstable. I'm getting that, I say. That Drew guy who helped Peter perform that butterknife maneuver, Tobias says… ▶353Truth
Veronica RothI do trust you, is what I want to say. But it isn't true -- I didn't trust him to love me despite the terrible things I had done. I don't trust anyone to do that, but that isn't h… ▶342LoveTruth
Veronica RothJust do what you're supposed to. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1), p.14, HarperCollins UK342Reading
Veronica RothPride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.375LovePolitics
Veronica RothAt first Eric stares at Four in silence. Four stares back. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent, p.99, Ha… ▶364Reading
Veronica RothYou look older.” “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.342Time
Veronica RothEverything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. If … ▶342Death
Veronica RothPoliteness is deception in pretty packaging. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, p.44, Harper Collins331Philosophy
Veronica RothIngenuity requires creativity.353Politics
Veronica RothThen 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. ✨ Veronica Roth (2013). The Divergen… ▶353Truth
Veronica RothPeople talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled. ✨ Allegiant. Book by Veronica Roth, 201… ▶353HumanityReadingSadness
Veronica RothI'm sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what's wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.342Death
