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Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “My bare hands, obviously.


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VICTORIA AVEYARD If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep
YIDDISH PROVERB If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.
YIDDISH PROVERB This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wan...
VERONICA ROTH Jackie come to me and says, 'We gonna do a fight scene.' I said 'What?' He says 'We got to do a figh...
CHRIS TUCKER I know you've always dreamed of going to Europe," he says softly. "I want to make your dreams come t...
E.L. JAMES If I can only be with you in my dreams, then I want to sleep forever.
UNKNOWN ‎"Dreams will always come true. The key is to get enough sleep."
REZA FARIVAR You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?"
KRISTIN CASHORE You didn't break my nose," he says.
"Too bad."
"No, that's good," he says. "Because I woul...
DAN KROKOS Why do you say vague things if you don't want to be asked about them?
VERONICA ROTH I have very vivid dreams - almost always action-adventure. I'm often on the run. I've always...
SARAH SILVERMAN He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To die, to sleep -
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,
For in this sleep ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around....
BRIAN SELZNICK When they brought Roth back into the picture, obviously I didn't go along with that too well.
SAMMY HAGAR If this report says anything other than that, they'll have a fight on their hands.
BILL ROSENDAHL I feel uneasy. It's not often that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the dar...
VERONICA ROTH My job was to come out here and get the 100 and 200 gold medals. That's what I did. The (relay) was ...
JUSTIN GATLIN I was through with sleep. I didn't like what it brought me.
ALI CROSS If you are younger, even if tax rates don't change a lot, you're better off under the Roth.
LAWRENCE JOHNSON Stupid. Why do people want to pretend
that death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t
VERONICA ROTH Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to p...
VERONICA ROTH Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not n...
VERONICA ROTH I bring you with reverent hands
The books of my numberless dreams.
W.B. YEATS Obviously the player can enjoy pure action by beating up the bad guys but at the same time, comedy s...
ATSUSHI INABA They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio intervi...
ADAM GARCIA To die, to sleep --
To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub,
For in that sleep of dea...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep th...
STEPHEN LABERGE My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
VERONICA ROTH (Officers) couldn't see if he had anything in his hands or anything, they just shot him. You know wh...
CHARLES CERVANTES What Lupe Fiasco says on this microphone is going to come back to Wasalu Jaco. When the music cuts o...
LUPE FIASCO Here we go then," Dad says. "Motoring towards our dreams, Bridge."
"You shouldn't follow dreams...
JOANNA CAMPBELL He keeps you grounded and lets you know that regardless of what happens, don't ever get too upset ab...
A.J. HAWK Obviously, we think it's important to make sure that firearms do not get in the hands of people ...
ASA HUTCHINSON They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! ...
AHMED ABU They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! ...
AHMED OMAR ABU ALI It’s not too late,” he says. “Zahra, I—”
“Sh.” I lay a finger across his lips. �...
JESSICA KHOURY Eating a chocolate bunny with my bare hands makes me feel like a chocolate coyote.
MATT MALDRE If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that wi...
VERONICA ROTH You never knew what he was going to come with. He had us off balance all day.
JAMIE KEEFE For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must gi...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is only war in love,” he says. “If anyone tells you otherwise, they’re lying. The consta...
TARRYN FISHER If you sleep with one eye open are your dreams only half as good as everyone elses?
NEIL LECKMAN I love feeling like I'm inhabiting the body of a ninja, like I could rob a liquor store with my ...
RONDA ROUSEY Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strengt...
VERONICA ROTH It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train alr...
VERONICA ROTH I have a scar - a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's alwa...
VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please...
VERONICA ROTH Here, I've learned to defend myself,
I've learned to be stronger,
but one thing I haven't ...
VERONICA ROTH Since you’re obviously in need of something to do, instead of shouting at me through this whole dr...
JULIE JAMES The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let themdo it, and not s...
J. D. SALINGER I much prefer being told off by Brendan Rodgers than by my wife. Brendan is more careful than my wif...
LUIS SUAREZ He wanted those kids to come back. He wants to win bad. That says a lot about the kid's character.
GREG HEIER You didn't sleep?"

"No! The dreams are terrible. In my dreams, she doesn't even look like...
JOHN GREEN You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for freeYou won't get wiseWith the sleep s...
NEIL PEART What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest o...
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN He didn't walk one guy. That's what it takes to win. If you have a guy that's going to come after yo...
ERNIE JONES For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple...
CRAIG GROESCHEL THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!"
Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t...
RICK RIORDAN If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
GARY HART I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable o...
VERONICA ROTH You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them.
JEFFREY FRY I want to show everyone that if you pursue your dreams, they can come true no matter what. That'...
MARTIN GARRIX To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and tra...
ANDRE GIDE Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say.

“I don't know. I...
SUZANNE COLLINS If I'm having a bad day in rehearsal, I'll sleep with my script.
NINA ARIANDA If your friends don't support you, then divorce them. Get married to your dreams. Ten years from tod...
TROY GATHERS Says O'Sullivan to me, "Mr. Fay, I'll have a word wid yeh?" "Certainly," says I; "what can I do for ...
JACK LONDON We found that one firefighter was considered inactive because he doesn't come to all the meetings, b...
BEATRICE MONGO You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.
ROALD DAHL i want to sleep for my whole life, because in my dreams, you are everywhere around me.
PRASOON DWIVEDI The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigur...
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY If you put equipment in their hands, the more likely they are to come back.
LORI WEBER If I don't get off the mat, I'll lose the fight.
ARCHIE MOORE If I don't get off the mat, I'll lose the fight.
ARCHIE LEE MOORE I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands.
ALEXIS ARGUELLO Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die becau...
NANCY FARMER How does he get that caveman shit to work for him? I would get my balls ripped off and stuffed in my...
ERIN MCCARTHY If it wasn't for bad luck, he wouldn't have any luck at all. We've become good friends. He came to m...
DORSEY LEVENS A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad...
FREEMAN DYSON But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Fr...
J.K. ROWLING God, you're so sweet.” He holds my face in his hands and kisses me deeply. I slowly unzip his hood...
LILLY AVALON You said that you are ill... but from from what?
DEYTH BANGER You're required to fight the government since they are not obeying the laws of the constitution and ...
JAMES DYE They obviously are fighters that are bred to fight, or taught to fight whatever they do.
DIANE ORGILL If you leave your dreams on your pillow, you might as well just stay in bed. To make dreams come tru...
TONI SORENSON He's a tough kid. He wrestles a whole match. He doesn't stop wrestling. If you take a second off wit...
ADAM ALIREZ the battle's in your hands now, but I would lay my armor down, if you said you'd rather love than fi...
TAYLOR SWIFT But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
JOHN DRYDEN It's late,' he said again, murmuring, almost crooning now, his voice smoother than silk. 'Sleep, my ...
STEPHENIE MEYER If I'm not in the role I'm best suited for, obviously I'm not happy about it, ... If anybody in my s...
LOUIS POST You come down to the last couple of laps, and teammates or not, all bets are off. He learned what he...
BRIAN VICKERS You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says.
"You know," I say. "I really don...
VERONICA ROTH What did you do?" I scream.
"You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ...
VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?'
'I couldn'...
VERONICA ROTH No, Margaret Atwood writes literature, whereas I write fiction. I'm from the American Midwest, so li...
STELLA ATRIUM É revelador da crueldade do destino que eu tenha de viajar com aqueles que odeio quando deixo para ...
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VERONICA ROTH Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed ...
VERONICA ROTH Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
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VERONICA ROTH Human reason can excuse any evil.
VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe...
VERONICA ROTH Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. ...
VERONICA ROTH But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's al...
VERONICA ROTH No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something ...
VERONICA ROTH I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where o...
VERONICA ROTH We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important...
VERONICA ROTH ...there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTH The Amity exchange smiles. They are dressed comfortably in red or yellow. Every time I see them, the...
VERONICA ROTH A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend."
His Mother says: "Why did yo...
VERONICA ROTH I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent
VERONICA ROTH Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up ...
VERONICA ROTH Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?
I want to be.
I can.
I believe it.
VERONICA ROTH Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge i...
VERONICA ROTH Lies require commitment.
VERONICA ROTH I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my b...
VERONICA ROTH A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
VERONICA ROTH I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
VERONICA ROTH I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, for...
VERONICA ROTH Some things are hard to let go of.
VERONICA ROTH Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up
VERONICA ROTH Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic."
"That's not very nice ...
VERONICA ROTH Can you be a girl for a few seconds?"
"I'm always a girl" I frown.
"You know what I mean. ...
VERONICA ROTH When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her ha...
VERONICA ROTH There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life f...
VERONICA ROTH You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re tr...
VERONICA ROTH We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst...
VERONICA ROTH What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear m...
VERONICA ROTH Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and ho...
VERONICA ROTH I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else availab...
VERONICA ROTH Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or t...
VERONICA ROTH I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and l...
VERONICA ROTH Ich habe sie Erfahrung gemacht, dass die Menschen aus vielen verschiedenen Schichten von Geheimnisse...
VERONICA ROTH Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as...
VERONICA ROTH I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
VERONICA ROTH As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a mor...
VERONICA ROTH I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
VERONICA ROTH There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses...
VERONICA ROTH Caleb," I say, "I love you."
His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.
VERONICA ROTH I don’t know how long it takes for me to realize that isn’t going to happen,
that she is go...
VERONICA ROTH Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
VERONICA ROTH It's what you deserve to hear," I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. "That you're whole, t...
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strengt...
VERONICA ROTH Take a person’s memories, and you change who they are.
VERONICA ROTH But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mothe...
VERONICA ROTH I love you" I say.
"I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.
VERONICA ROTH Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"

I r...
VERONICA ROTH The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
VERONICA ROTH If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.
VERONICA ROTH The person you became with her is worth being.
VERONICA ROTH Change, like healing, takes time.
VERONICA ROTH You're not very nice," I say, grinning.
"You're one to talk."
"Hey, I could be nice if I t...
VERONICA ROTH I'll say it one last time: Be brave.
VERONICA ROTH She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done f...
VERONICA ROTH I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTH I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.
VERONICA ROTH In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ...
VERONICA ROTH I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice."
"What Choice?"
"Daunt...
VERONICA ROTH I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for your...
VERONICA ROTH Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.
VERONICA ROTH For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, han...
VERONICA ROTH People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a g...
VERONICA ROTH You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says.
"You know," I say. "I really don...
VERONICA ROTH One Choice

One Choice, decided your friends.

One Choice, defines your beliefs....
VERONICA ROTH Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.
VERONICA ROTH You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes.
"...
VERONICA ROTH I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own.
"Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" VERONICA ROTH Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understa...
VERONICA ROTH Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into pl...
VERONICA ROTH Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.
VERONICA ROTH Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?"

"Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "...
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
VERONICA ROTH I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless.
I...
VERONICA ROTH It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
VERONICA ROTH Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
VERONICA ROTH You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you'...
VERONICA ROTH I am selfish. I am brave.
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
VERONICA ROTH Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

'Well,' he says, 'I would onl...
VERONICA ROTH I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
VERONICA ROTH Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in ...
VERONICA ROTH I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.
VERONICA ROTH The opinions of others cannot damage you.
VERONICA ROTH It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
VERONICA ROTH Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that dama...
VERONICA ROTH She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recogniz...
VERONICA ROTH What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes ...
VERONICA ROTH What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to sp...
VERONICA ROTH I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another...
VERONICA ROTH Awkwardness aside, it's nice to be liked.
VERONICA ROTH This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.
VERONICA ROTH Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.
VERONICA ROTH I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
VERONICA ROTH But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I thin...
VERONICA ROTH Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
VERONICA ROTH Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTH I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say.
“Who cares about everyo...
VERONICA ROTH Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.
VERONICA ROTH Got that gun?” Peter says to Tobias. “No,” says Tobias, “I figured I would shoot the bullets...
VERONICA ROTH People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you und...
VERONICA ROTH His hands shift to my shoulders, and his fingers brush over the edge of my bandage. He pulls back wi...
VERONICA ROTH With four? Doing a little... Addition? Multiplication?
VERONICA ROTH He bends over to untie his shoes. “So, have you been ostracized from your little crowd of devotees...
VERONICA ROTH Why do you say vague things if you don't want to be asked about them?
VERONICA ROTH Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks.
"I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say ...
VERONICA ROTH Any idiot can stand in front of a target. It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying him....
VERONICA ROTH We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own...
VERONICA ROTH Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.
VERONICA ROTH Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to
know wh...
VERONICA ROTH Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
VERONICA ROTH He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jump...
VERONICA ROTH The truth has a way of changing people's plans.
VERONICA ROTH We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
VERONICA ROTH All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind.
VERONICA ROTH My natural tendency toward sarcasm is still not appreciated.
VERONICA ROTH Lynn, she saved half our faction from this stuff," says Marlene, tapping the bandage on her a...
VERONICA ROTH His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pa...
VERONICA ROTH That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as...
VERONICA ROTH . . . in the distance I hear a train rushing over the rails, but we are moving away from this place ...
VERONICA ROTH How many different kinds of ruin do you have to see, before you resign yourself to calling it all 'r...
VERONICA ROTH She is a woman of muscle twisted around bone.
VERONICA ROTH This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wan...
VERONICA ROTH It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train alr...
VERONICA ROTH Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to p...
VERONICA ROTH What did you do?" I scream.
"You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like t...
VERONICA ROTH There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's you...
VERONICA ROTH I deposited Drew at the infirmary a half hour ago.
VERONICA ROTH I would like to experience this 'date' phenomenon.
VERONICA ROTH And don't call me 'Four', okay? It's nice to hear my name again.
VERONICA ROTH I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a...
VERONICA ROTH I have a scar - a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's alwa...
VERONICA ROTH In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we fi...
VERONICA ROTH I have to get out.
VERONICA ROTH Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your ...
VERONICA ROTH she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet...
VERONICA ROTH Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming f...
VERONICA ROTH His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my chee...
VERONICA ROTH If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'...
VERONICA ROTH Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow.
There is too much I ...
VERONICA ROTH You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe...
VERONICA ROTH I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne...
VERONICA ROTH Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.
VERONICA ROTH Why is your heart racing Tris?
VERONICA ROTH You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't...
VERONICA ROTH Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training."
Since when does "overseei...
VERONICA ROTH I'll be your family now," he says.
"I love you," I say. (....)
He stares at me. I wait wi...
VERONICA ROTH People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something ab...
VERONICA ROTH Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua...
VERONICA ROTH I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.
VERONICA ROTH In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
VERONICA ROTH All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can...
VERONICA ROTH I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave ...
VERONICA ROTH Simulation Tobias kisses my neck.

I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take...
VERONICA ROTH He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and...
VERONICA ROTH Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ...
VERONICA ROTH Resisting is worth doing.
VERONICA ROTH Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all.
VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
VERONICA ROTH One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.
VERONICA ROTH I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of...
VERONICA ROTH It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without...
VERONICA ROTH One choice can transform you.
One choice can destroy you.
Once choice will define you.
VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please...
VERONICA ROTH Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most...
VERONICA ROTH My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
VERONICA ROTH And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experien...
VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ...
VERONICA ROTH Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried ...
VERONICA ROTH Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something."
"Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h...
VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?'
'I couldn'...
VERONICA ROTH I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea...
VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe...
VERONICA ROTH Now i remember why I chose Dauntless. Not because they were brave or anything. But because they were...
VERONICA ROTH The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.
VERONICA ROTH Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.
VERONICA ROTH But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters ...
VERONICA ROTH