She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.

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 I put on makeup, I'm not doing it to pander to antiquated patriarchal ideals of feminine beauty. I'm doing it because it makes mr feel good.

I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself.

Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.

The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly.

I wish I knew why I am so anguished.

Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.

My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread

It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country.

I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.

People are my greatest resource.