Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

Why is your heart racing Tris?

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.

Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

I wanted to know the denouement of your life story. I have no interest in the narrative.

No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!

If you see the light at the end of the tunnel, you’re lookingthrough binoculars the wrongway

You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity.

I care little for titles assigned to men, rather I care about the spirit of men.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

They just think I'm a white dude. Every once in a while someone thinks I'm Jewish. I get a lot of stuff, but never Latino.

The soul of the poorest child is of equal dignity with the soul of Adam.

All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.