Every question that can be answered must beanswered or at least engaged. Illogical thought processes must bechallenged when they arise.Wrong answers must be corrected.Correct answers must be affirmed. —From the Erudite faction manifesto

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.

Life's something we already understand. Death is a mystery.

If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not.

But when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what you've done.

How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?