We don't need you as an ally. We're Dauntless. -Tori

You chose us. Now we have to choose you.

I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.

Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.

Four: Be brave Tris. The first time is always the hardest.