I feel acutely aware of how young I am. In a way that is good. It's productive. It makes me realise that I should be growing as a writer and a person.

The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back...it hurts.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.

Change, like healing, takes time.

I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.

Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.

I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. "THAT'S why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.

Why is your heart racing Tris?

If there's one thing I've learned, it is to never give up--no matter what your circumstances are. Giving up doesn't solve anything.

to succeed at anything, you must want it very much. Desire must be in evidence in order to attract

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

I'm scared of snakebites - that's the origin of cowboy boots, protection - but my toes need to breathe.

Lucky to have been where I have been

To me age is a number, just a number. Who cares?

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

There is no place in Ohio where you couldn't have drugs delivered to you in 15, 20 minutes.

I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.

Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened significantly.