"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."
"Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them."
"Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up,"Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it."
"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."
"She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless."
"Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it."