I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them. Veronica Roth More Quotes by Veronica Roth More Quotes From Veronica Roth There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it. Veronica Roth perfect silly fall Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special. Veronica Roth reading book people All I want is to become someone new. In this case, Tobias Johnson, son of Evelyn Johnson. Tobias Johnson may have lived a dull and empty life, but he is at least a whole person, not this fragment of a person that I am, too damaged by pain to become anything useful. Veronica Roth empty-life pain son Everyone has to blame something for the way the world is. Veronica Roth blame way world And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling. Veronica Roth peaceful intelligent brave Why is your heart racing Tris? Veronica Roth tris racing heart In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them. Veronica Roth dating-someone cute-relationship strong I'll have to keep looking for more of them, more brief moments of freedom in a world that refuses to allow it. Veronica Roth brief-moments moments world It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift. Veronica Roth insurgent cease As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out. Veronica Roth moral-high-ground stressed teenager I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct Veronica Roth training different bravery Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge. Veronica Roth submissive eye challenges Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice. Veronica Roth tricks grief play There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater. Veronica Roth giving-up bravery courage No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity. Veronica Roth masculinity unshakable needs People, even genetically damaged people, make choices. That’s what matters.’ Veronica Roth what-matters choices people All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter. Veronica Roth different land people I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write. Veronica Roth sleep writing needs You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward. Veronica Roth coward strong men I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior Veronica Roth tobias my-family lost