It's certainly conceivable that based on the broad concerns of the mission they may require that tra...
LT. VERONICA SAFFO Getting paid as a soldier on active duty status is more than a state employee earns.
LT. VERONICA SAFFO She saw Task Force Green Mountain in Kuwait; she saw Task Force Catamount in Afghanistan. She has co...
LT. VERONICA SAFFO We've got about 550 soldiers and airmen deployed in support of operation Iraqi Freedom and operation...
LT. VERONICA SAFFO The Air Force has done well with this program. It brings a lot of stability and predictability to th...
LT. VERONICA SAFFO It's also to ensure they have everything they need, to check on the leadership on the ground. It's a...
LT. VERONICA SAFFO It's a great morale boost to have their commander with them on foreign soil.
LT. VERONICA SAFFO Napster is not an aberration.
PAUL SAFFO We're not so many years away from companies offering kits for the compulsive, ... (But) anyone that ...
PAUL SAFFO [Adding new software and more people to reduce the cost of collaboration is great -- as long as it d...
PAUL SAFFO If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which ...
VERONICA ROTH I have very, very few friends. I live in a very tight circle and emotionally I'm probably not as...
VERONICA WEBB I wanted to try marathon running, but something always came up: I had a baby and a C-section or I go...
VERONICA WEBB For me, it works to my advantage when people think I'm stupid. If somebody who disdains you or w...
VERONICA WEBB My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a b...
VERONICA WEBB I came to running late. It was something I had always wanted to do, but I always end up getting hurt...
VERONICA WEBB My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they ha...
VERONICA WEBB It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an ...
VERONICA ROTH Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they...
VERONICA ROTH I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why...
VERONICA ROTH I really like the group tour better than going it alone. First of all, it kind of takes the pressure...
VERONICA ROTH I think it's fascinating to look at a world that an author has created that has sort of stemmed ...
VERONICA ROTH I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each ot...
VERONICA ROTH I love 'Harry Potter.' I'm a huge nerd - I would dress up if I could.
VERONICA ROTH I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look dow...
VERONICA ROTH When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that&#...
VERONICA ROTH I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think ...
VERONICA ROTH I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not ans...
VERONICA ROTH If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.
VERONICA ROTH People make me key chains... someone attached a Dauntless symbol to a silver pen. That one is what I...
VERONICA ROTH When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And...
VERONICA ROTH 'Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to ...
VERONICA ROTH There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways...
VERONICA ROTH I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possibl...
VERONICA ROTH Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed ...
VERONICA ROTH I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.
VERONICA LAKE You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision.
VERONICA LAKE I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a r...
VERONICA LAKE When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yo...
VERONICA FRANCO Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they wou...
VERONICA FRANCO I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
VERONICA FRANCO Such a gift might be easily taken back again.
VERONICA FRANCO No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around t...
VERONICA CARTWRIGHT Why push people away? I love when people come up to me and say they appreciate the work!
VERONICA CARTWRIGHT There was a period of time when I couldn't seem to get anything. I was on the series 'Daniel...
VERONICA CARTWRIGHT One of the things that fascinated me about modeling was that you had the freedom to look any way you...
VERONICA WEBB Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.
VERONICA ROTH I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and peop...
VERONICA ROTH Human reason can excuse any evil.
VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe...
VERONICA ROTH Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. ...
VERONICA ROTH But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's al...
VERONICA ROTH No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something ...
VERONICA ROTH I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where o...
VERONICA ROTH We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important...
VERONICA ROTH ...there is power in self-sacrifice.
VERONICA ROTH The Amity exchange smiles. They are dressed comfortably in red or yellow. Every time I see them, the...
VERONICA ROTH A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend."
His Mother says: "Why did yo...
VERONICA ROTH I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent
VERONICA ROTH Can you tell me where to find Tobias'? I ask. When I imagine his face, affection for him bubbles up ...
VERONICA ROTH Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?
I want to be.
I can.
I believe it.
VERONICA ROTH Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge i...
VERONICA ROTH Lies require commitment.
VERONICA ROTH I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my b...
VERONICA ROTH A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
VERONICA ROTH Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “...
VERONICA ROTH I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
VERONICA ROTH I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, for...
VERONICA ROTH Some things are hard to let go of.
VERONICA ROTH Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up
VERONICA ROTH Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic."
"That's not very nice ...
VERONICA ROTH Can you be a girl for a few seconds?"
"I'm always a girl" I frown.
"You know what I mean. ...
VERONICA ROTH When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her ha...
VERONICA ROTH There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life f...
VERONICA ROTH You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re tr...
VERONICA ROTH We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst...
VERONICA ROTH What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear m...
VERONICA ROTH Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and ho...
VERONICA ROTH I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else availab...
VERONICA ROTH Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or t...
VERONICA ROTH I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and l...
VERONICA ROTH So sweet and delicious do I become,
when I am in bed with a man
who, I sense, loves and en...
VERONICA FRANCO Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedica...
VERONICA LAKE Ich habe sie Erfahrung gemacht, dass die Menschen aus vielen verschiedenen Schichten von Geheimnisse...
VERONICA ROTH Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as...
VERONICA ROTH I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
VERONICA ROTH As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a mor...
VERONICA ROTH I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
VERONICA ROTH There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses...
VERONICA ROTH Caleb," I say, "I love you."
His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.
VERONICA ROTH I don’t know how long it takes for me to realize that isn’t going to happen,
that she is go...
VERONICA ROTH Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
VERONICA ROTH It's what you deserve to hear," I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. "That you're whole, t...
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strengt...
VERONICA ROTH Take a person’s memories, and you change who they are.
VERONICA ROTH But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mothe...
VERONICA ROTH I love you" I say.
"I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.
VERONICA ROTH Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?"

I r...
VERONICA ROTH The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
VERONICA ROTH If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.
VERONICA ROTH The person you became with her is worth being.
VERONICA ROTH Change, like healing, takes time.
VERONICA ROTH You're not very nice," I say, grinning.
"You're one to talk."
"Hey, I could be nice if I t...
VERONICA ROTH I'll say it one last time: Be brave.
VERONICA ROTH She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done f...
VERONICA ROTH I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTH I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.
VERONICA ROTH I don't know anyone who can't learn something from The Little Prince.
VERONICA HENRY In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ...
VERONICA ROTH I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice."
"What Choice?"
"Daunt...
VERONICA ROTH I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for your...
VERONICA ROTH Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.
VERONICA ROTH For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, han...
VERONICA ROTH People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a g...
VERONICA ROTH You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says.
"You know," I say. "I really don...
VERONICA ROTH One Choice

One Choice, decided your friends.

One Choice, defines your beliefs....
VERONICA ROTH Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.
VERONICA ROTH You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes.
"...
VERONICA ROTH I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own.
"Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" VERONICA ROTH Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understa...
VERONICA ROTH Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into pl...
VERONICA ROTH Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.
VERONICA ROTH Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?"

"Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "...
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
VERONICA ROTH I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless.
I...
VERONICA ROTH It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
VERONICA ROTH Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
VERONICA ROTH You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you'...
VERONICA ROTH I am selfish. I am brave.
VERONICA ROTH Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
VERONICA ROTH Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

'Well,' he says, 'I would onl...
VERONICA ROTH I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
VERONICA ROTH Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in ...
VERONICA ROTH I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.
VERONICA ROTH The opinions of others cannot damage you.
VERONICA ROTH It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
VERONICA ROTH Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that dama...
VERONICA ROTH She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recogniz...
VERONICA ROTH What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes ...
VERONICA ROTH What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to sp...
VERONICA ROTH I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another...
VERONICA ROTH Awkwardness aside, it's nice to be liked.
VERONICA ROTH Come thaw my frozen heart, my little arctic kitten.”
Unable to resist, Aria jumped in and pic...
VERONICA ROSSI This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.
VERONICA ROTH Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.
VERONICA ROTH I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
VERONICA ROTH But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I thin...
VERONICA ROTH Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
VERONICA ROTH Stop allowing other people's opinion decide what you are going to do. It's not even about them this ...
VERONICA WILKERSON If we had a wide-scale and prolonged freeze, we could have big stock draws and price spikes. There i...
VERONICA SMART Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTH I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say.
“Who cares about everyo...
VERONICA ROTH Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.
VERONICA ROTH Got that gun?” Peter says to Tobias. “No,” says Tobias, “I figured I would shoot the bullets...
VERONICA ROTH People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you und...
VERONICA ROTH His hands shift to my shoulders, and his fingers brush over the edge of my bandage. He pulls back wi...
VERONICA ROTH With four? Doing a little... Addition? Multiplication?
VERONICA ROTH He bends over to untie his shoes. “So, have you been ostracized from your little crowd of devotees...
VERONICA ROTH Why do you say vague things if you don't want to be asked about them?
VERONICA ROTH Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks.
"I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say ...
VERONICA ROTH Any idiot can stand in front of a target. It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying him....
VERONICA ROTH We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own...
VERONICA ROTH Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.
VERONICA ROTH Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to
know wh...
VERONICA ROTH Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
VERONICA ROTH He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jump...
VERONICA ROTH The truth has a way of changing people's plans.
VERONICA ROTH We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
VERONICA ROTH All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind.
VERONICA ROTH My natural tendency toward sarcasm is still not appreciated.
VERONICA ROTH We all have the potential to do terrible things. But we also have the potential to overcome our mist...
VERONICA ROSSI Lynn, she saved half our faction from this stuff," says Marlene, tapping the bandage on her a...
VERONICA ROTH His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pa...
VERONICA ROTH That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as...
VERONICA ROTH . . . in the distance I hear a train rushing over the rails, but we are moving away from this place ...
VERONICA ROTH How many different kinds of ruin do you have to see, before you resign yourself to calling it all 'r...
VERONICA ROTH She is a woman of muscle twisted around bone.
VERONICA ROTH This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wan...
VERONICA ROTH It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train alr...
VERONICA ROTH Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to p...
VERONICA ROTH What did you do?" I scream.
"You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like t...
VERONICA ROTH There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's you...
VERONICA ROTH I deposited Drew at the infirmary a half hour ago.
VERONICA ROTH I would like to experience this 'date' phenomenon.
VERONICA ROTH And don't call me 'Four', okay? It's nice to hear my name again.
VERONICA ROTH I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a...
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 alwa...
VERONICA ROTH In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we fi...
VERONICA ROTH I have to get out.
VERONICA ROTH Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your ...
VERONICA ROTH she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet...
VERONICA ROTH Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming f...
VERONICA ROTH His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my chee...
VERONICA ROTH If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'...
VERONICA ROTH Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow.
There is too much I ...
VERONICA ROTH You die, I die too.
VERONICA ROTH Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe...
VERONICA ROTH I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne...
VERONICA ROTH Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.
VERONICA ROTH