1,483 Quotes by Veronica Roth

There’s really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of ‘Divergent,’ in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.

Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person’s dating possibilities.

Where’s Marcus, Destroyer of Lives, going to meet us?

It’s then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb. Of course she would.

I always appreciate people’s opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I’m writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it’s been good for me.

You think my first instinct is to protect you because you are small or a girl or a stiff, but you are wrong. My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press... but I resist it, because fear doesn’t shut you down, it wakes you up. I’ve seen it... it’s fascinating.

The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.