Quotes from Veronica Roth

My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.

"I'll be your family now," he says.

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear

You were afraid of shooting people?" "No," I say. "I was afraid of my considerable capacity to kill." How many young men fear that there is a monster inside of them?

Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

You're afraid of heights,'I say. 'How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?' 'I ignore my fear,' he (Four) says. 'When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.

Psyche you out?" I repeat. "I'm your FRIEND. I wouldn't do that." He doesn't say anything. I can tell he doesn't believe me-not quite.