Veronica Roth, Divergent

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."

"I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head."

"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'?"