Arrogance is one of the flaws in the Erudite heart -- I know. It is often in mine.

I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave

That execution will take place here." She runs her fingertips over the table beneath her. "On this table. I thought it would be interesting to show you." "I knew what would happen when I came here," I say. "It's just a table. And I'd like to go back to my room now.

I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.

When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony; when we go to dinner parties and everyone cleans together afterward without having to be asked; when I see Caleb help strangers carry their groceries, I fall in love with this life all over again.

But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.

And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?