Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.

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?

You are young, and rich, and have friends, and at such an age I know it is hard to die!

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

It is wickedness when you only enjoy the benefit of a country and not contribute to the development of the country.

My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

One's weakness should not ever be revealed.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

I aint sayin I'm requestin anyone that's perfect but I just need a woman that'll make it all worth it.

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services