I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.

I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.

To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.

I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

Please. They're like the Cult of Four.

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

We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.