What's your name? Um... Think about it. You don't get to pick again. Tris.

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the sun on me, I wouldn't be afraid of the dark

Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’… ‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’… ‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’… ‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’… ‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.

You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.

Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.

We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness.