Veronica Roth, Divergent

"Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.''Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake."

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

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

"Politeness is deception in pretty packaging."

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

"It must require bravery to be honest all the time."

"I am selfish. I am brave."

"Moths,"repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?""Not just a cloud of moths,"she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..."She shudders and shakes her head."Terrifying,"Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls.""Oh, Shut up."

"Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames."

"Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating."He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake."

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

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

"We could visit him,"suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?"

"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."

"What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are stillswollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo around her face.“Oh, you know,” I say. “Sun shining. Birds chirping.”She raises an eyebrow at me, as if reminding me that we are in an undergroundtunnel."

"We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest."He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness."

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

"Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable."

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

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