1,483 Quotes by Veronica Roth

I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.

It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.

Sadness and anger aren’t the only feelings that count as feelings

At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.

But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters.

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

It's strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.

I said, "When someone asks you to trade the chance of Lazmet Noavek's death for the life of Ryzek's Scourge..." and then shouted, ".. you do it!

You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.