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.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

From one tyrant to another. That is the world we know, now

I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're standing. I believe in leaving room for things that you can't explain in the universe, and you don't have to be religious to leave room for those things.

I would rather be dead than empty

I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.

The gun goes off. I fall.