Veronica Roth

The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.

There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.

Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks."I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

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

I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Becauseinside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, aboveall, toward life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.

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.

We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.

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

You don__ believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they__e true.

Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

A harsh crack followed the rumble of thunder, a lightning strike. With that, the other musicians began to play, bringing in the tinkling sounds of light rain, the deeper thrum of thicker droplets. The others played the crashing waves, the lapping of water against a nonexistent shore. All around us were the sounds of water, dripping from faucets, gushing from waterfalls.

I wish I could tell him that we__e going through the same thing. I wish I could speak to him like I want to instead of like I__ supposed to. But the idea of admitting that I need help is too much to bear, so I turn away.

Fear,_ she says, __s more powerful than pain.

I don't want to die anymore. I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself this time.

What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

I know what it is to become something you hate, I know how it hurts. But life is full of hurt. And your capacity for baring it is much greater than you believe."pg 287

I may be in pain, but I am not weak.

Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.