Fear," she says, "is more powerful than pain.

If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me over and over again too. So forgiveness isn't the point. What I really should have been trying to figure out is whether we were still good for each other or not

But Christina and I are not people who cry together; we're people who fight together. SO I hold my tears in.

It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.

But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.

it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear

Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)