1,483 Quotes by Veronica Roth

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.

That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?

You won," Four mutters. "Stop." I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.

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

Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.

About when to let others sacrifice themselves for you, even if its selfish. They say that if the sacrifice is the ultimate way for that person to show you that they love you, let them do it.

Welcome to the Amity compound,' says Johanna. Her eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. 'Let us take care of you.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.