Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.

I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is next, I will be better than I am now.

I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.

Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.

I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

If the Dauntless knew about this, everyone would be getting in line to learn how to drive it,” he says. “Including me.” “No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings.” Christina pokes his arm. “Don’t you know your own faction?