Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril.

Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.

But that wasn´t the first time I ever saw her. I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s false funeral, and walking the sidewalks in the Abnegation sector. I saw her, but I didn’t see her; no one saw her the way she truly was until she jumped. I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.

Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it. When they do, we remember.

One choice can transform you!

I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong.