I settle into their pace. The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes me believe that I could choose this. I could be subsumed into Abnegation’s hive mind, projecting always outward.

If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.

Four!" I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.

I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.

I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. "Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias?" "Terrified," he replies with a smile.