Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.

You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris

I know I belong in Dauntless because everything I did in that aptitude test told me so. I'm loyal to my faction for that reason -- because there's nowhere else I could possibly be. But her? And you?" She shakes her head. "I have no idea who you're loyal to. And I'm not going to pretend like everything's okay.

I hear footsteps and Four's hands wrap around my wrists. I let him pry my hands from my eyes. He encloses one of my hands perfectly between two of his. The warmth of his skin overwhelms the ache in my fingers from holding the bars. "You all right?" he asks, pressing our hands together. "Yeah." He starts to laugh.

Don’t tell me you’re going to eat a mashed-potato sandwich

What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.

I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm.