I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left [the gun] upstairs.

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?

There are books written to be read.There are books written to be sold.The first ones have the soul and lessons you need.The second ones are just plain, empty, and cold.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

We can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed.

Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.

As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.

Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.

I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.

There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers.

With difficulty he is beaten who can estimate his own forces and those of his enemy.

There's one site where you can buy pictures of me for five bucks a pop.