It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the people you love and believe in most. You just do. Okay?
Veronica RothFew people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it. When they do, we remember.
Veronica RothI want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
Veronica RothSomewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined, I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.
Veronica Roth