1,483 Quotes by Veronica Roth

Death is not the only punishment you can give a person. You can also give them nightmares.

So you’re her brother? Says Linn. I guess we know who got the good genes.

Awkwardness aside, it’s nice to be liked.

I should wonder what courage – which is the virtue they most value – has to do with a metal ring through your nostril.

Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human.

My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy “faction before blood.” Blood before faction – no, love before faction, always. – Tris Prior.

It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.

You nearly died today,? he says. ‘I almost shot you. Why didn’t you shoot me, Tris?’ ‘I couldn’t do that,’ I say. ‘It would have been like shooting myself.’ He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.

We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.