Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?"... "You've been paying close attention, haven't you?" "I like to observe people/" "Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.

But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.

The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you is already in the open, so why not just be honest?

It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them

I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.

I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.