It's strange to see people you don't know well in the morning, with sleepy eyes and pillow creases in their cheeks

I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.

I hear footsteps and Four's hands wrap around my wrists. I let him pry my hands from my eyes. He encloses one of my hands perfectly between two of his. The warmth of his skin overwhelms the ache in my fingers from holding the bars. "You all right?" he asks, pressing our hands together. "Yeah." He starts to laugh.

Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.

Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

Ignore them. They don't know what it is to make a difficult decision." "You wouldn't have done it, I bet." "That is only because I have been taught to be cautious when I don't know all the information, and you have been taught that risks can produce great rewards.