By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I’m wearing a bright red dress. And there’s a knife strapped to the inside of my knee. This all makes perfect sense.

Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.

I used to go outside every day and invent these elaborate worlds and scenarios in my head, and when I grew too old for playing pretend, I started to write everything down instead.

You're the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will

"I'll be your family now," he says.

Sometimes pain is for the greater good.

Before I chose Dauntless...I felt assured of my long lifespan, if nothing else. Now there are no reassurances except that where I go, I go because I choose to.