I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

Sometimes I see him as just another person, and sometimes I feel the sight of him in my gut, like a deep ache.

—Veronica Roth in Divergent

I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.

—Veronica Roth in Insurgent

Some things are hard to let go of.

—Veronica Roth in Allegiant

I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them.

—Veronica Roth in Allegiant

The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.

—Veronica Roth in Insurgent

All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays.

—Cathy Ladman

I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.

—Veronica Roth in Insurgent

Maybe there’s more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

—Veronica Roth in Divergent

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

—Edward Teller

Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good.

—Eileen Wilks in Tempting Danger