Why do I get the feeling that if you give me a hard time, I'll tell all of our year-mates your family nickname is Meathead?

I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won't mention you're crazy.

If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me.

Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things to do with my magic than fixing my vision when ordinary glass will do.

You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not.

I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch.