I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.

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?

She looked at him for an age, and he read nothing short of love on her face. It warmed him to the core he'd thought dead, and scared the crap out of him.

It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.

When your dad makes a living as a children's singer, you figure, 'I can do anything.' He made up his own job and did it.

A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error.

I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well.

I have seen many lean riders in the peloton, but very few Tour winners

A man's potential for God lies not in his ability, nor in his opportunity, but in his humility before God.

I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.

It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level.