Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.

Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.

I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.

The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice.

Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.

Four!" I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.

I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head.