You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.

I don't believe it is more important to move forward than to know the truth.

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.

The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.

So you're her brother? Says Linn. I guess we know who got the good genes.