I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm.

Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of the threat my terrifying father posed to my safety. I was a man, afraid of the threat he posed to my character, to my future, to my identity.

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.

You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris

I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.

I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.