Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it. When they do, we remember.

It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.

I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.

Honesty leads to peace.

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

I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.

Desperation can make a person do surprising things.