#divergent

What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dauntless #divergent #insurgent #tris-prior #bravery

At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to hold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, some of whom belonged to craft unions, comparatively few went back to the mills. And as a whole, the strike was conducted with little violence. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

#back #belonged #comparatively #conducted #craft

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits. ↗

— Park Geun-hye

#anyone #divergent #father #i #judged

You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#four #tobias #tris #veronica-roth #life

And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#divergent #tris #death

Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. If we have little, and want for little, and we are all equal, we envy no one. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dystopian #veronica-roth #equality

I'll be your family now." ~ Tobis 'Four ↗

— Veronica Roth

#four-tobias #insurgent #love #tris #family

Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#caleb-prior #divergent #roth #family

Every tattoo I got with them is a mark of their friendship, and almost every time I have laughed in this dark place was because of them. I don’t want to lose them. But I feel like I have already. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#divergent-series #tris #friendship

Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up inside of me and all I want to do is kiss him. 'Four, I mean. He's so handsome, isn't he? I don't really understand why he likes me so much. I'm not very nice, am I?' -Tris ↗

— Veronica Roth

#amity #candor #dauntless #divergent #eurdite