Divergent Quotes

“You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“I was beginning to feel that I had finally found a place to stay, a place that was not so unstable or corrupt or controlling that I could actually belong there. You would think that I would have learned by now—such a place does not exist.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where
everything I’ve ever known is coming apart. I know some things—I know that I’m not alone, that I have friends, that I’m in love. I know where I came from. I know that I don’t want to die, and for me, that’s something—more than I could have said a few weeks ago.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Any idiot can stand in front of a target. It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying him. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Stupid. Why do people want to pretend
that death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t”
― Veronica Roth

“It’s getting more difficult to be wise,” he says, laughing into my ear.
I smile at him. “I think that’s how it’s
supposed to be.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“If you die, I die with you.”
― Tobias Eaton

“Yes, I say. Three of these flying birds. I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight-toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“We're sorry for frightening you, Tris,' another voice says, 'but anonymity is integral to our operation. We mean you no harm.'
'Let go of me then!' I say, almost growling. All the hands holding me on the wall fall away.
'Who are you?' I demand.
'We are the Alliegiant,' the voice replies. 'And we are many, yet we are no one....'
I can't help it: I laugh.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. But it has strayed far from them. And the same is true of Erudite, I realize. A long time ago, Erudite pursued knowledge and ingenuity for the sake of doing good. Now they pursue knowledge and ingenuity with greedy hearts. I wonder if the other fractions suffer from the same problem”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Fear doesn't shut you down, it wakes you up. - Four/Tobias”
― Verionia Roth

“I feel uneasy. It's not often that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone. It's not comfortable when you do.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?
I don't know. I don't know.
please.
-Tris, Divergent

Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?
I want to be.
I can.
I believe it.
-Tris, Allegiant”
― Veronica Roth

“I wonder if that fear still creeps up on her now though she worked so hard to face it—I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Maybe there is some Abnegation in everyone, even if they don't know it.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“It’s not about Al,” I snap. “It’s about everyone watching! Everyone who now sees
hurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option. I mean, why not do it if everyone
calls you a hero afterward? Why not do it if everyone will remember your name? It’s…I
can’t…”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“It must require bravery to be honest all the time. I wouldn't know.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Hey, Peter, I say. Remember what a target is?”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“no wonder you left."
Yeah," i say, rolling my eyes. " It was just because of the food.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in courage that drives us to stand up for one another.”
― Verornica Roth

“if I always have the sun, maybe I won't be afraid of the dark”
― Veronica Roth

“Preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear…”
― Four from Divergent

“...simplicity is comforting.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“i am divergent”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Is it selfish for me to crave victory or is it brave?”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“People who get his kind of result are...She looks over her shoulder like she expects someone to appear behind her...are called...Divergent.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“He seemed placid to me on the platform, but something about that stillness makes me wary now.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent