Don’t worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I’ve had a lot of practice.

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?

MUSIC is, can, and will.

… and I’ll be happy here and happy there, fullof tea and tears

One of the greatest gifts of life is having a chance to live as long as there are people on earth.

The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.

Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces.

The color red is associated with romance and blood, but not at the same time.

I don't think Muslims do hate America. I think that's what we hear and that's what we believe. I don't think that's true.

I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell you it's in a hell of a mess-we're not connected to the press room yet, are we?

The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous.

I live in a house with four women. Just shut up and say, Yes ma'am.