But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.

Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.

No one's perfect," I whisper. "It doesn't work that way. One bad thing goes away, and another bad thing replaces it." I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.

She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.

We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are.

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.

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