Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.
Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.
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 a...
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.
Hay poder en el control de algo que puede hacer daño.
It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent
I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. I want to hurt them. I stare at my eyes in the mirror. I want so, so I will.
All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind.
Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can...
She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless.
I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
