Quotes from Veronica Roth, Divergent

Human reason can excuse any evil.

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

The opinions of others cannot damage you.

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

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

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

Why is your heart racing Tris?

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

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

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

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.

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.

Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, it's facing the death you know is coming.

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.

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

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

I am selfish. I am brave.

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

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

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

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.