That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel.

It's not often real that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest part of someone. It's not comfortable what you do.

But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.

Tris: Wait. So you have no idea what my aptitude is? Tori: Yes and No. My conclusion is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite. People who get this kind of result are..are called...Divergent.

Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.