Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.

It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil.

I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.

Blood is a strange color. It's darker than you expect it to be.

You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life.

What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have passed. "Honestly?" "Does now seem like the time for honesty?" I look at her from the corner of my eye. "I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.

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?