it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear

I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior

If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!

But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.

She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.

We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.

I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.