That is death - shifting from "is"to "was. - Veronica Roth, Divergent

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

"I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different."

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

"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."

"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."