I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

"I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say, "I love you."

The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?

So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA 'I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.' TRIS

It's then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb. Of course she would.

It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.

This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let him step in to defend me now.