Veronica Roth, Divergent Quotes

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

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

Why is your heart racing Tris?

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.

I am selfish. I am brave.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

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

Human reason can excuse any evil.

She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.

The opinions of others cannot damage you.

Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.

Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave

Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

I close my eyes. I don't expect Four to reassure me, and he makes no effort to, but I feel better standing here than I did out there among the people who are my friends, my faction.

Oh. I just assumed... That because I am so absorbed by him everyone must be too.

All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind.

I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead.

That is death - shifting from "is" to "was.

It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at you bravest

I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent

Some of my anger has faded, but it isn't hard to call back. All I have to do is think about how cold the air was and how loud the laughter was. Look at her. She's a child.

What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina.“Yes, ” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?

You're my daughter. I don't care about the factions.

Is it selfish for me to crave victory or is it brave?

The tunnel is lit at long intervals, so in the dark space between each dim lamp, I fear that I am lost until a shoulder bumps mine. In the circles of light I am safe again.

One ChoiceOne Choice, decided your friends.One Choice, defines your beliefs.One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever.ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU

Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.

We could visit him, " suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?

...we have something they want. Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. We should be thankful that we know better.

I clench my teeth as tears come. I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them. ~ 'Tris

I miss the fears of the past few weeks, rendered small by my fears now.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

You won’t shoot me.""People tend to overestimate my character, " I say quietly. "They think that because I’m small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can’t possibly be cruel. But they’re wrong.

I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will.

Maybe there is some Abnegation in everyone. Well in everyone but Peter."-Tris Prior

I still want to be angry, but I have to let my anger go.

no wonder you left."Yeah, " i say, rolling my eyes. " It was just because of the food.

If we're afraid to be ourselves, then who are we? Where's there left to hide?But if we could concur that fear, we just might be strong, powerful. We just might be unstoppable.