But now I’m wondering if I need it anymore, if we ever really need these words, “Dauntless,” “Erudite,” “Divergent,” “Allegiant,” or if we can just be friends or lovers or siblings, defined instead by the choices we make and the love and loyalty that binds us.

But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.

Which means that in order to defeat her, I have to think of a way to defeat myself. And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am?

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough.

What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.