I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.

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.

Why is your heart racing Tris?

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

When his dead father touched his hand, Athson almost dropped the arrow." From The Bow of Destiny

Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness natives give it solidity and continuity but the settlers give it passion.

I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.

God, send me an angel from the heavens above. Send me an angel to heal my broken heart from being in love, 'cause all I do is cry. God, send me an angel to wipe the tears from my eyes.

I often wonder if we could not solve the world's problems on a similar basis of harmony.

The present is the only thing that has no end.

Enough is equal to a feast.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.