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“His voice is higher, lighter than I expected. He could be a gentle man, maybe, if this were a different kind of place. As it is, I see that he isn’t gentle, doesn’t even know what that means. Even though I myself have discarded any kind of softness as useless, I find myself thinking that something important is lost if this man has been forced to deny his own nature.“
–Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy, Book 3) by Veronica Roth
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“She is a person in her own right, and she does not belong to me. I do not get to choose what she becomes just because I can’t deal with who she is.“
–Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy, Book 3) by Veronica Roth
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“Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she isn’t just beautiful in spite of the scar, she’s somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with her buzzed hair, like Tobias with the memories of his father’s cruelty that he wears like armor, like my mother in her plain gray clothing.”
–Insurgent (Divergent Book 2)
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“I notice that she has pulled her hair back on both sides, to reveal the scar in its entirety. She looks better that way—stronger, when she is not hiding behind a curtain of hair, hiding who she is.“
–Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy, Book 3) by Veronica Roth
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“All I can do is decide if I trust Marcus or not. And while he has done cruel, evil things, our society is not divided into “good” and “bad.” Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind. Marcus is not good or bad, but both. Well, he is probably more bad than good. But that doesn’t mean he’s lying.”
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.“
–Insurgent (Divergent Book 2)
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“I can’t even think of a word strong enough to describe him. Apparently I need to expand my vocabulary.”
–Insurgent (Divergent Book 2)
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“He is the sort of despicable person who has no understanding of how despicable he is, and my badgering him with insults won’t change that; nothing will. Rather than angry, I just feel heavy, useless.“
–Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy, Book 3) by Veronica Roth
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“What if my parents’ God, their whole belief system, is just something concocted by a bunch of scientists to keep us under control? And not just their beliefs about God and whatever else is out there, but about right and wrong, about selflessness? Do all those things have to change because we know how our world was made?.“
–Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy, Book 3) by Veronica Roth
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“I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. There’s nothing especially brave about wandering dark streets with no flashlight, but we are not supposed to need help, even from light. We are supposed to be capable of anything. I like that. Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it.“
–Divergent (Divergent Series)
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“They attacked me to make me feel weak. I can pretend they succeeded to protect myself, but I can’t let it become true.“
–Divergent (Divergent Series)
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“I braid my hair and tie it with the rubber band around my wrist. I feel more like myself. That is all I need: to remember who I am. And I am someone who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near-death experiences stop her.“
–Divergent (Divergent Series)