It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. She’s gone, and crying feels so useless, so stupid, but it’s all I can do.

Wait a second,” Four says. I turn toward him, wondering which version of Four I’ll see now-the one who scolds me, or the one who climbs Ferris wheels with me. He smiles a little, but the smile doesn’t spread to his eyes, which look less tense and worried.”You belong here, you know that?” he says....

I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them. I am terrified and I don’t even know of what, because I have lost everything already.

I prefer to look at it another way-which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back.

I think it’s important to protect people. To stand up for people […] That’s what courage is. Not… hurting people for no reason.” – Al

My mother wasn’t a fool,” I say. “She just understood something you didn’t. That it’s not sacrifice if it’s someone else’s life you’re giving away, it’s just evil.”I back up another step and say, “She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplaced disgust for another person’s genetics....

It’s not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

Esa es mi chica, dura cómo una bola de algodón

I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete. I also don’t believe that whatever comes after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions…I don’t believe that what comes after depends on anything...

I don’t know how long i tis before we get cold again, and huddle under the blanket together.-It’s getting more difficult to be wise. – He says,laughing into my ear.I smile at him. – I think that’s how it’s supposed to be.

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.

A son says to his Mother: “Mother, today I fought with my friend.”His Mother says: “Why did you fight with your friend?””Because he demanded something of me, and I would not give it to him.””Why did you not give it to him?””Because it was mine.””My son, you now have possessions, but you do not have...

You don’t have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can’t you see how stupid that is?

We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out of our world so that the good can prosper and thrive. If you also believe in those things, we welcome you.

I have been able to be kind and pleasant to him because every time I think of what happened in Erudite headquarters, I immediately push the thought aside. But that can’t be forgiveness – if I had forgiven him, I would be able to think of what happened without that hated I can feel in...

It is impossible to erase my choices.

I don’t know why, but his reaction disappoints me.

You won’t shoot me.””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.

The ability to think isn’t exclusive to erudite

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...

Yeah, sometimes life really sucks,” she says. “But you know what I’m holding on for?”I raise my eyebrows.She raises hers, too, mimicking me.”The moments that don’t suck,” she says. “The trick is to notice them when they come around.

I wonder if that fear still creeps up on her now though she worked so hard to face it—I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

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

Caleb,’ I say. ‘I love you.

I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart.

It’s about everyone watching! Everyone who now seeshurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option. I mean, why not do it if everyonecalls you a hero afterward? Why not do it if everyone will remember your name? It’s…Ican’t…

We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.

I’m not abnegation, I’m not dauntless, I am Divergent

I think you’re still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

That is death – shifting from “is” to “was.

If they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever.

Is it selfish for me to crave victory or is it brave?

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

Thank you for your honesty,” Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around me are the words “Thank you for your honesty” at different volumes and pitches, and my anger begins to dissolve.

I think that’s how it’ssupposed to be.

I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation.

I guess we know who got the good genes.”I laugh at the expression on Caleb’s face, his mouth drawn into a slight pucker and his eyes wide.

Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter’s forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. “Wake. Up,” Four snaps. “You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.

People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.

Mensen, zo heb ik ontdekt, bestaan uit verschillende lagen. Je denkt dat je hen kent, dat je hen begrijpt, maar hun echte drijfveren liggen altijd diep in hun hart verscholen. Je zult ze nooit echt leren kennen, maar soms besluit je hen te vertrouwen.

I just wanted to thank you’ he says, his voice low.’A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me – they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.’ He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and...

Sorry, am I being rude?” she asks.”I’m used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

It’s not often you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone. It’s not comfortable when you do.

How many young men fear that there is a monster inside them? People are supposed to fear others, not themselves. People are supposed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.

The division is based on knowledge, based on qualifications – but as I learned from the factionless, a system that relies on a group of uneducated people to do its dirty work without giving them a way to rise is hardly fair.

Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. The impulse to share anything is a new one, the impulse to hide as natural as breathing.

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.

I pull my foot back again, but Four’s hands clamp around my arms, and he pulls me away from her with irresistible force. I breathe through gritted teeth, staring at Molly’s blood-covered face, the color deep and rich and beautiful, in a way. She groans, and I hear a gurgling in her throat, watch blood...

Some people will always fear change. But we can’t indulge them.

But there’s so much that was a lie, it’s hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters.