Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.

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?

Let 'the cause' become the 'because' – the reason – for people to do business with and to refer business to you

The only man never to be redeemed is the man without passion.

Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it, but the last thing I want from those who hold a different world view to me is to accept me.

The people I worked with were supportive, and I'm flattered that you would call what I did 'acting.'

I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.

Maybe being home schooled, Carter didn’t realize that “test” is normally a bad thing.

We were making love in the back of a truck and we got carried away.

Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.

God does not offer us a way out of the testings of life. He offers us a way through, and that makes all the difference.