Divergent (novel)

"Fear doesnt shut you down; it wakes you up."

"I dont reward preying on the weak. That is cowardice."

"I will be my undoing If I become my obsession."

"The Dauntless-born initiates are like a pack of dogs. If I act the wrong way, they wont let me run with them."

"Dishonesty is a veil that shields one person from another."

"Tris is not your usual Mary Sue. She’s selfish. She’s manipulative. She’s vindictive as hell – and I LOVED that about this book."

"The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes me believe that I could choose this. I could be subsumed into Abnegations hive mind, projecting always outward."

"Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference. I doubt all the Erudite want to study all the time, or that every Candor enjoys a lively debate, but they cant defy the norms of their factions any more than I can."

"I think its important to protect people. To stand up for people. Like you did for me."

"Intelligence is a gift, not a right. It must be wielded not as a weapon but as a tool for the betterment of others."

"Every time I think about the word "Divergent", I hear Toris warning—and now my mothers warning too. Dont tell anyone. Dangerous."

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