His fingers leave streaks of cold on my skin, invisible to the eye, and I think about wrapping his shirt around my fist and pulling him in to kiss me; I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.

I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.

Some people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not.

I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head.

Tris," said tobias. "I love you

It's strange to see people you don't know well in the morning, with sleepy eyes and pillow creases in their cheeks

He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying.