1,483 Quotes by Veronica Roth

What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

But Tris earned my respect when she jumped first, into the net ; when she challenged me at her first meal ; when she wasn’t deterred by my unpleasant responses to questions ; when she spoke up for Al and stared me right in the eye as I threw knives at her. She’s not my subordinate, couldn’t possibly be. — Four

The ability to think isn't exclusive to erudite

I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. I savor the air we share in the second afterwards and the slip of her nose across mine. I think of something to say, but it is too intimate, so I swallow it. A moment later I decide I don't care. "I wish we were alone," I say as I back out of the cell. She smiles. "I almost always wish that.

I don't know why, but his reaction disappoints me.

If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned it from anyone.

That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When he finally drifts off, our fingers are twisted together in the space between the beds.I smile a little, and let myself go.

Sometimes I forget that I can hurt you. That you are capable of being hurt