Best Divergent Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 4

“If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if you behave properly wit those holding divergent views from you or who criticize you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character. (p. 99)”

Ifs Wells May Said Character Views Deserve Wit Excellent Behave Criticize Exhibits Divergent Good Character Well Mannered

Book:Spirit of Islam

Source: Spirit of Islam

“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.”

Men Inspirational Inspiring Courage Strength Bravery Brave Acknowledge Be Brave Brave Man Divergent Divergent Series

Book:Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four

Source: Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four

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

Inspirational Feels Sometimes Left Laughing Cry Right Now Laughter Hard Times Feel Better Divergent Divergent Series

Author:Veronica Roth

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

Inspirational Believe Persons Motivational Ordinary Bravery Divergent Factions Insurgent Bravery And Courage Dauntless Divergent Series Acts Of Courage Bravery And Strength Acts Of Bravery

Author:Veronica Roth

“I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.”

Littles Might Waiting Love You Divergent

Author:Veronica Roth

“Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.”

Love Feels Turns Fall Realizing Relationship Romantic Flames Lost Love Romantic Love Liquid Divergent Dauntless Divergent Series

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

“For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones.”

Ifs Hands Might Black Water Realizing Minutes Kissing Clothes Chosen Gray Hand In Hand Divergent Chasms Tris

Author:Veronica Roth

“Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”

Humans Long Whole Human Beings Be Good Poison Creeps Divergent

Author:Veronica Roth

“Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.”

Humans Important Reason Evil Excuse Rely Divergent Human Reason

Book:Divergent Trilogy

Source: Divergent Trilogy

“I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.”

Feels Air Lungs Divergent Dauntless Divergent Series Abnegation Tris Prior

Author:Veronica Roth

“It must require bravery to be honest all the time.”

Honest Bravery Being Honest Divergent Divergent Series Beatrice Prior

Book:Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four

Source: Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four

“There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.”

Can Do Periods Damage Divergent Damage Is Done

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

“People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.”

People Thinking I Can Character Girl Divergent Overestimate

Author:Veronica Roth

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

Different Theory Bravery Brave Selflessness Divergent Divergent Series

Author:Veronica Roth

“We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.”

World Seems Turns Views Quality Endure Affection Uncertainty Range Settling Native Significance Divergent

Book:Status Anxiety

Source: Status Anxiety

“I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though." "That's sensible of you," I say, smiling too. "We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something." I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing my ear. "Maybe I'm already sure," he says, "and I just don't want to frighten you." I laugh a little. "Then you should know better." "Fine," he says. "Then I love you.”

Knows Want Needs Feels Should Looks Littles Hands Might Running Waiting Sides Laughing Love You Fine Paper Laughter Ears Fingers Lips Lists Noses Sensible Divergent Divergent Series

Author:Veronica Roth

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

Care Who Cares Divergent Dauntless Divergent Series

Book:Divergent Trilogy

Source: Divergent Trilogy

“Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up”

Fear Overcoming Fear Divergent Face Your Fears Dauntless Fears Of Life Divergent Series Wakes You Grazing

Author:Veronica Roth

“It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them”

Important Opportunity Please Safe Ruins Divergent Tobias

Author:Veronica Roth

“A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.”

Lines Fine Bravery Divergent Fine Lines Chasms Idiocy Tris Dauntless Divergence

Book:Divergent Trilogy

Source: Divergent Trilogy

“If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.”

Ifs Doe Matter Might Failing Coward Divergent Dauntless

Book:Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent

Source: Divergent Series (Books 1-3) Plus Free Four, The Transfer and World of Divergent

“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.”

Believe Fear Preparation Midst Cowardice Divergent Dauntless Failure To Act

Book:Divergent Trilogy

Source: Divergent Trilogy

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

Four Impossible Becoming Fearless Divergent Dauntless Live Free Erudite Divergent Series Beatrice Prior

Author:Veronica Roth

“Human reason can excuse any evil.”

Humans Reason Evil Excuse Divergent Human Reason

Book:Divergent Trilogy

Source: Divergent Trilogy

“We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness.”

Want Kind Process Kindness Struggle Virtue Four Honest Smart Brave Throat Selfless Be Brave Divergent Factions Tobias Tris

Author:Veronica Roth

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

Way Love Sometimes Helping Best Way Divergent Divergent Series

Author:Veronica Roth

“Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.”

Leaving Knives Hiring Eric Divergent Babysitter Sharpening Tris Prior Sharp Knives

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

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

Habit New Thought Divergent Dauntless Abnegation New Habits

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

“I have something to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hand and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I’m waiting until I’m sure to tell you, though.”

Looks Littles Hands Might Running Waiting Love You Fingers Divergent

Author:Veronica Roth

“Can you be a girl for a few seconds?" "I'm always a girl" I frown. "You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl" I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay.”

Knows Mean Funny Girl Hair Fingers Silly Seconds Annoying Divergent

Author:Veronica Roth

“My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.”

Want Giving Father Losing Terror Divergent

Book:The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant

“It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent”

Acting Four Divergent Beatrice Prior

Author:Veronica Roth

“Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)”

Want Hands Might Ready Gun Divergent Flashlights

Author:Veronica Roth

“It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.”

Firsts Perfect Alive Divergent Insurgent Dauntless

Author:Veronica Roth

“I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.”

Brave Selfless Divergent Tris Beatrice Prior

Author:Veronica Roth

“I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as she can to destroy herself … I can’t love her.”

Want Trying Believe Stills I Can Hard Hands Eye I Believe Decision Mines Mouths Angry Loyalty Shirts His Eyes Shakes Scream Steady Foreheads Divergent Factions Archetype Insurgent Tris Hem

Author:Veronica Roth

“Why would the factionless have a high Divergent population?" It sounds like she's smirking. "Obviously those who can't confine themselves to a particular way of thinking would be most likely to leave a faction or fail its initiation, right?”

Thinking Way Would Be Sound Failing Particular Population Way Of Thinking Divergent Factions Initiation

Author:Veronica Roth

“Yes," Marcus says. "I understand that you are concerned -- that you all are concerned. You had never heard of the Divergent a week ago, and now all that you know is that they are immune to something to which you are susceptible, and that is a frightening thing. But I can assure you that there is nothing to be afraid of, as far as we are concerned." As he speaks, his head tilts and his eyebrows lift in sympathy, and I understand at once why some people like him. He makes you feel that if you just placed everything in his hands, he would take care of it.”

People Ifs Knows Feels I Can Hands Care Speak Heard Week Concerned Take Care Lifts Frightening Eyebrows Immune Divergent Susceptible Tilt

Author:Veronica Roth

“From your results I have determined that you are one of the strongest Divergent, which I say not to compliment you but to explain my purpose. If I am to develop a simulation that cannot be thwarted by the Divergent mind, I must study the strongest Divergent mind in order to shore up all weaknesses in the technology.”

Ifs Mind Purpose Order Results Technology Study Weakness Determined Strongest Compliment Shore Divergent Simulation Compliments You

Author:Veronica Roth

“I have a message for the Divergent" I am Divergent. "This is not a negotiation" No, it is not. "It is a warning" I understand. "Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . ." I will. " . . . this will happen again" It will never happen again.”

Two Happens Messages Warning Negotiation Two Days Divergent Headquarters Erudite

Author:Veronica Roth

“I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.”

Love You Divergent Say I Love You Insurgent Tobias Tris Beatrice Prior

Author:Veronica Roth

“I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.”

Divergent Insurgent Dauntless

Author:Veronica Roth

“You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.”

Gun Idiot Loaded Divergent Loaded Gun

Book:Divergent Trilogy

Source: Divergent Trilogy

“Fine," he says. "Then I love you.”

Love You Fine Divergent Divergent Series

Author:Veronica Roth

“Tris: Wait. So you have no idea what my aptitude is? Tori: Yes and No. My conclusion is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite. People who get this kind of result are..are called...Divergent.”

People Kind Ideas Waiting Results Equal Conclusion No Idea Display Divergent Aptitude Tris Dauntless Erudite Abnegation Yes And No

Author:Veronica Roth

“Christ is sufficient. We do not need "support groups" for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace, and joy.”

Needs May Joy Christ Support Taken Groups Feet Sorrow Crosses Sufficient Divergent Tribulation Cleansing Rugged Peace And Joy Support Groups

Author:Elisabeth Elliot

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

Thinking Should Our Family Divergent

Author:Veronica Roth

“I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent”

Cake Divergent Tobias Tobias Eaton

Author:Veronica Roth

“I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.”

I Can Controlled Divergent

Author:Veronica Roth

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

Want Kind Four Honest Smart Brave Selfless Be Brave Divergent Factions Tobias Tris

Author:Veronica Roth

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