So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?

Tris.” I keep staring. “Tris.” I finally look at him. “I just don’t want to lose you.

"What did you do?" I scream. "You die, I die too."

This is how we came by our factions: Candor, Erudite, Amity, Abnegation and Dauntless." Max smiles. "In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we find our sense of belonging, our sense of community, our very lives.

I hear my heartbeat. I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been looking back, and I feel like we are both trying to say something the other can't hear, though I could be imagining it. Too long - and now even longer, my heart even louder, his tranquil eyes swallowing me whole.

And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?

So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?