1,483 Quotes by Veronica Roth

Dead people can be our heroes because they can’t disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

I understand why she did it this way, face-first – it was because it made her feel like she was flying, like she was a bird.

Relax Beatrice, I’ve driven a car before.? MARCUS ‘I’ve done a lot of things before, but that doesn’t mean I’m any good at them!’ TRIS.

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That’s why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

I guess I always knew there was something wrong with me, but I thought it was because of my father, or my mother, and the pain they bequeathed to me like a family heirloom, handed down from generation to generation. – Tobias Eaton.

I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.

Yeah, sometimes life really sucks, but you know what I’m holding on for? The moments that don’t suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around.

Humans can’t tolerate emptiness for long.

Some people will always fear change. But we can’t indulge them.