Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. 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.' Her. For a moment, it's like I'm looking at a different person, sitting in Tobias's skin, one whose life is not as simple as I thought. He wanted to leave Dauntless, but he stayed because of me. He never told me that.

You sadistic pansycake.

Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?

Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.

I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.

I have your back. I didn't mean only when it's easy. All the time.