You chose us. Now we have to choose you.

No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know.

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.

A breeze blows through the alley, pushing me to one side, and I think of scaling the Ferris wheel with Tobias. He kept me steady then. There is no one left to keep me steady now.

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

You're too important to just... die.