Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up

One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.

It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

Little girl, he called me. A little girl who is stressed out to the point of paranoia. That is not me, but now, it's who the Candor think I am.

I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you something.

I hold the gun out from my body, my arms straight, just as Four taught me, when that was his only name. I used a gun like this to defend my father and brother from simulation-bound Dauntless. I used it to stop Eric from shooting Tobias in the head. It is not inherently evil. It is just a tool.