If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.

What makes you different, makes you dangerous.

I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.

It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's wrong, Tris. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened to you. And anyone who tells you it's okay is a liar.

Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.

I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.