I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave

The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice.

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let him step in to defend me now.

My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.

I don't believe it is more important to move forward than to know the truth.

A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.