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.

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.

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.

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.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

Sitting in a room being forced to listen to 'The Chanukah Song' over and over." [on his idea of Hell]

I have no plan except to take care of the people I love.

I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.

The whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit.

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

If I could start again, a million miles away, I would keep myself, I would find a way.