Well, half of half our faction.' 'In some circles they call that a quarter, Mar,' Lynn says.

Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.

There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand

He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying.

Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

I imagine the wave of water colliding with the rock and spilling over the tile floor, collecting around my shoes. Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but I feel like when you believe that something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can’t help yourself.

I will be my undoing If I become my obsession.