He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It's my choice.

I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.

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

My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.

And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.