"I'll be your family now,"he says. "I love you,"I say. (....)He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. "Say it again.""Tobias,"I say, "I love you."
"People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them."
"It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free."
"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."
"Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind."
"I regret..."Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice.""What Choice?""Dauntless,"he says. "I was born Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But I met her, and... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision."Her."