I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?

I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.

I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.

Faction before blood.

Lynn smacks Uriah hard in the back of the head, Christina says, “Hey Tris!” and Uriah cries, “Ow! How on earth do you make a pillow hurt, Lynn?” “My exceptional strength,” she says.

I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.

In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.