Veronica Roth, Divergent

"Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places."

"Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it."

"Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something.""Okay."He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your heart racing Tris?"I cringe and say, "Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?"..."Maybe you were cut out for Candor,"he says, "because you're a terrible liar."

"I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent."

"I might be in love with you."He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though."

"Politeness is deception in pretty packaging."

"...there is power in self-sacrifice."

"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 without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option."

"Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now."

"Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up"

"Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up,"Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it."

"Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl"I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay."

"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."

"Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl"I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay."

"Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives."

"Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them."

"She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless."

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

"I am selfish. I am brave."

"One ChoiceOne Choice, decided your friends.One Choice, defines your beliefs.One Choice, determines your loyalties - Forever.ONCE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU"