Quotes from Veronica Roth

I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile.

When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.

As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.

I think it's fascinating to look at a world that an author has created that has sort of stemmed from the world now, and usually dystopian books point out something about our current world and exaggerates a tendency or a belief.

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

Lynn smacks Uriah hard in the back of the head, Christina says, "Hey Tris!" and Uriah cries, "Ow! How on earth do you make a pillow hurt, Lynn?" "My exceptional strength," she says.

He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. But not strength, not particularly-he is smart, but not strong. Only strong enough to carry me.

In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life.

Reading is such a huge part of my life.

He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.

Well, technology is supposed to make life better," she says. "No matter what you believe, there's a technology out there for you.

You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life.

You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris

It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil.

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.

I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me

What thought or message would you put in a fortune cookie? "Stop reading this. Eat the cookie and live your life.

He looks like a man who has spent most of his life frowning.

Life's something we already understand. Death is a mystery.

You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life.