I pull my foot back again, but Four's hands clamp around my arms, and he pulls me away from her with irresistible force. I breathe through gritted teeth, staring at Molly's blood-covered face, the col...
I do trust you, is what I want to say. But it isn't true -- I didn't trust him to love me despite the terrible things I had done. I don't trust anyone to do that, but that isn't his problem; it's mine...
I am your instructor, he says.My name is Four.Christina asks, Four? Like the number?Yes, Four says. Is there a problem?No.Good. We're about to go into the Pit, which you will someday learn to love. It...
I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you
His hands skim my bare arms. Just bounce a little when you walk, he says, kissing my forehead, and pretend you’re afraid of their guns —another kiss between my eyebrows— and act like the shrinking vio...
He pus his lips next to my ear and says, You look good, Tris.
Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault o...
But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.
And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?
You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
Whoa there, Tobias, says the man to my left. Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you people did was... graze hands or something.Then how do you explain all the Abnegation children? Tobias r...
What do I believe? I do not know; I do not know; I do not know.
What did you do? This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him… What did you do? I scream. You die, I die too…I asked you not to do this. You made your decision....
Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile.There was cake? I say, looking at my own plate, which is more sensibly stocked than Uriah’s.Ye...
To me there's a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.
Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking. I turn to see Uriah jogging from the elevator bank. He is grinning.Heard a rumor you were a dirty traitor, Uriah says.Yeah, wh...
The man running toward me is not a man, he is a boy. A shaggy-haired boy with a crease between his eyebrows. Will. Dull-eyed and mindless, but still Will. He stops running and mirrors me, his feet pla...
The fact is, Cara continues, the data network exists, and that is ethically questionable, but I believe it can work to our advantage here. Just as the computers can access data from other factions, th...
Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads...
Really? I thought the transfers will go through Four’s landscape, says Uriah. Like he would let anyone do that, she says, snorting.Something inside me gets warm and soft. He let me go through it.