He holds my face in both hands and kisses me back. I press into the distance between us until it is gone, crushing the secrets we have kept and the suspicions we have harbored-for good, I hope.

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?

This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos.

The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.

When we asked college students how they adapted to the tidal wave of new technology, one explained, "It's only technology if it happened after you were born.

I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.

I've been wrestling with reality for most of my life. I'm pleased to say I've won.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

I am what I am and cannot be otherwise because of the shadows.

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.

I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.