If I let a little of the emotion out, all of it will come out, and it will never end.

It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.

I feel acutely aware of how young I am. In a way that is good. It's productive. It makes me realise that I should be growing as a writer and a person.

She smiles.Her teeth are crooked. If I knocked them out,I might be doing her a favor.

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

I glance at Tris. She grins at me, then leans in to whisper something to Christina. "Are you here to help or what, Stiff?" I say.

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.