Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time,
I’ll be your family now, he says.I love you, I say.I said that once, before I went to Erudite headquarters, but he was asleep then. I don’t know why I didn’t say it when he could hear it. Maybe I was...
It's like he knows, he knows I have a thing for her.
I think we've made a mistake, he says softly. We've all started to put down virtues of the other faction in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless...
I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn’t some faction archetype. But the Tris who’s trying as hard as she can to destroy herself … I can’t love her.I want t...
I ignore my fear, he says. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between notbeing afraid and acting in spite of fea...
I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you...
I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded.
I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.
Got that gun? Peter says to Tobias. No, says Tobias, I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.
But please, when you see an opportunity… He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have to look at him. His eyes glint. They almost look predatory. Ruin them.
Are you conceding?' he says, his mouth falling open with mock surprise. 'Seems like that serum did you some good after all...' I shove him as hard as I can. 'Take that back. Take it back now.' 'Okay,...
We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.
I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
I have done bad things. I can't take them back, and they are part of who I am. Most of the time, they seem like the only thing I am.
I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.
He sits next to me and puts his arm on the back of my chair, leaning close. I don't stare back -- I to stare back.I stare back.
Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it withou...
Do the elevators work? I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. Sure they do. says Zeke, rolling his eyes, You think I'm stupid enough not to come here early and turn on the emergency generator?Yeah, says Ur...