Top 500 Veronica Roth Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.”

— Veronica Roth

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2. “Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”

— Veronica Roth

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3. “I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.”

— Veronica Roth

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4. “I’m not Dauntless – I’m Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.”

— Veronica Roth

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5. “Change, like healing, takes time.”

— Veronica Roth

6. “Sometimes pain is for the greater good.”

— Veronica Roth

7. “Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.”

— Veronica Roth

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8. “But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.”

— Veronica Roth

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9. “I’m Divergent. And I can’t be controlled.”

— Veronica Roth

10. “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.”

— Veronica Roth

11. “Honesty leads to peace.”

— Veronica Roth

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

— Veronica Roth

13. “What makes you different, makes you dangerous.”

— Veronica Roth

14. “One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.”

— Veronica Roth

15. “I’ll say it one last time: Be brave.”

— Veronica Roth

16. “I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me – they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.”

— Veronica Roth

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17. “Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.”

— Veronica Roth

18. “I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you something.”

— Veronica Roth

19. “Who cares about pretty? I’m going for noticeable.”

— Veronica Roth

20. “I am selfish. I am brave.”

— Veronica Roth

21. “You know, there’s a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it’s coward.”

— Veronica Roth

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22. “If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict, there are no stories worth telling – or reading!”

— Veronica Roth

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23. “Thank you for your honesty.”

— Veronica Roth

24. “I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

— Veronica Roth

25. “Sometimes people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.”

— Veronica Roth

26. “Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.”

— Veronica Roth

27. “We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.”

— Veronica Roth

28. “I do like to hit people-I like the explosion of power and energy, and the feeling that I am untouchable because I can hurt people. But I hate that part of myself, because it is the part of me that is the most broken.”

— Veronica Roth

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29. “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.”

— Veronica Roth

30. “The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.”

— Veronica Roth

31. “I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that’s important.”

— Veronica Roth

32. “I have your back. I didn’t mean only when it’s easy. All the time.”

— Veronica Roth

33. “Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.”

— Veronica Roth

34. “We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends?”

— Veronica Roth

35. “I would rather be dead than empty.”

— Veronica Roth

36. “Just do what you’re supposed to.”

— Veronica Roth

37. “Faction before blood.”

— Veronica Roth

38. “I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.”

— Veronica Roth

39. “Some things are hard to let go of.”

— Veronica Roth

40. “Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.”

— Veronica Roth

41. “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”

— Veronica Roth

42. “We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.”

— Veronica Roth

43. “Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.”

— Veronica Roth

44. “I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.”

— Veronica Roth

45. “The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.”

— Veronica Roth

46. “I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.”

— Veronica Roth

47. “You know I’m getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.”

— Veronica Roth

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48. “I may be in pain, but I am not weak.”

— Veronica Roth

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

— Veronica Roth

50. “Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.”

— Veronica Roth