I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

She'll have to get over it, then. Are you going to let her drop out of Dauntless for a stupid reason like not being able to walk?" Zeke is quiet for a few seconds. His eyes shift over my face, and he squints, as if weighing and measuring me. Then he turns and bends and wraps his arms around me. it's been so long since someone hugged me that I stiffen. Then I relax, and let the gesture force warmth over my body.

He holds my face in both hands and kisses me back. I press into the distance between us until it is gone, crushing the secrets we have kept and the suspicions we have harbored-for good, I hope.

I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head.

We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.

Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.