Quotes From "Four: A Divergent Story Collection" By Veronica Roth

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

She's a sailboat and I'm an anchor, pulling us both down. Veronica Roth

But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters is what you've got in your gut. Veronica Roth

But I know that for every good thing that comes along, there is always a cost. Veronica Roth

I have a scar-a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's always seemed stupid to me that none of the pain I've experienced has left a visible mark; sometimes, without a way to prove it to myself. I began to doubt that I had lied through it at all, with the memories becoming hazy over time. I want to have some kind of reminder that while wounds heal, they don't disappear forever- I carry them everywhere, always, and that is the way of things, the way of scars. That is what this tattoo will be, for me: a scar. And it seems fitting that it should document the worst memory of pain I have. Veronica Roth

Intentions are the only thing they care about. They try to make you think they care about what you do, but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way, they want you to think a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you wont pose a threat to them. Veronica Roth

You’re the one who has to live whit your choice" she says." Everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will. Veronica Roth

In that moment I’m able to accept the inevitability of how I feel, though not with joy. I need to talk to someone. I need to trust someone. And for whatever reason, I know, I know it’s her. Veronica Roth

I can't imagine it's easy to like someone, hate them, and then lose them before any of those feelings are resolved. Veronica Roth

Now it seems like no matter what I decide, I'll be betraying someone. Veronica Roth

I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding. Veronica Roth

The ability to think isn't exclusive to erudite Veronica Roth

I am not Tobias Eaton, not anymore, never again. I am Dauntless. Veronica Roth

The hurts from my last day with my father are healed now, but I want to remember where they were; I want to remember what I escaped for as long as I live. Veronica Roth