I will be my undoing If I become my obsession.

I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as she can to destroy herself … I can’t love her.

I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril.

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

We don't need you as an ally. We're Dauntless. -Tori

I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong.

"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."