Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.

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?

Unveiling the lies that we live by can ultimately help reveal the truth.

The cost you will pay to achieve the goal is worthwhile.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.

Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand. But you turned into a lover, and mother what a lover, you wore me out.

There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast. It's like nothing else. It's like a love affair, it goes on and on, and doesn't end in marriage. It's all courtship.

Learning itself, received into a mind By nature weak, or viciously inclined, Serves but to lead philosophers astray, Where children would with ease discern the way.

If you're oblivious to other people, chances are pretty good that you're going to hurt them.