Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the wiry muscles in her arms or the black ink marking her collarbone with flight.

You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.

There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

That’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way—which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back.

I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.