Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.

Human reason can excuse any evil.

Without thinking, I grab Al's arm and squeeze it as tightly as I can. I just need something to hold on to. Blood runs down the side of Christina's face and splatters on the ground next to her cheek. This is the first time I have ever prayed for someone to fall unconscious.... Al frees his hand and pulls me tight to his side. I clench my teeth to keep from crying out.

I wish we were alone,” he says. “I almost always wish that,” I say.

In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life.

If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!

Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.