Quotes from Veronica Roth

Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.

I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct

The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?

Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life

It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them

You look older." "Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.

We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.

I'll say it one last time: Be brave.

He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife?

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.

Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time.

I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.

Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is forgotten.

It's time to be with my brother now

Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

I get up, because I'm supposed to, but if it were up to me, I'd stay in my seat for the rest of time.

By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I'm wearing a bright red dress. And there's a knife strapped to the inside of my knee. This all makes perfect sense.

Even though I am still injured, I had to fight again today.Luckily this time,I was paired against Myra,who couldn't throw a good punch if someone was controlling her arm for her.

I have your back. I didn't mean only when it's easy. All the time.

He kisses me again, more insistent this time, his hands squeezing my waist. His breaths, his body, my body, we are so close there is no difference.

This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.

I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.

In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.