I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.

You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.

I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.

If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.

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.

Is there any other way to Erudite headquarters?" I say. "Not that I now of," says Cara. "Unless you want to jump from one roof to another." She laughs a little as she says it, like it's a joke. I raise my eyebrows at her. "Wait," she says. "You aren't considering---?