Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.

Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now.

I'm going to stop a revolution,'' I say. I turn right, and Peter follows me.

For God's sake, Stiff," he says. "You don't have to follow me," I say staring at the maze of bars above me. I shove my foot onto the place where two bars cross and push myself up, grabbing another bar in the process. I sway for a second, my heart beating so hard I can't feel anything else. Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm. "Yes, I do," he says.

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness.

I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior