"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."
"Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it."
"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."
"She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless."
"Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places."
"That is death - shifting from "is"to "was."