Can I ask why you’re throwing knives at cheese?’ ‘Caleb came by to discuss something,’ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he looks at me. ‘And knife-throwing just came up somehow.’ ‘As it so often does,’ I say, a small smile inching across my face.

How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.

Tris," said tobias. "I love you

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.

She'll have to get over it, then. Are you going to let her drop out of Dauntless for a stupid reason like not being able to walk?" Zeke is quiet for a few seconds. His eyes shift over my face, and he squints, as if weighing and measuring me. Then he turns and bends and wraps his arms around me. it's been so long since someone hugged me that I stiffen. Then I relax, and let the gesture force warmth over my body.

"I'll be your family now," he says.

Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life