"Tomorrow at the Choosing Ceremony, I will decide on a faction; I will decide the rest of my life; I will decide to stay with my family or abandon them." ~Beatrice
"They should perplex me. I should wonder what courage—which is the virtue they most value—has to do with a metal ring through your nostril. Instead my eyes cling to them wherever they go." ~Beatrice
"Divergence is extremely dangerous." ~Tori
"It’s my choice now, no matter what the test says. Abnegation. Dauntless. Erudite. Divergent." ~Beatrice
I
hear a train horn, so faint it could easily be wind whistling through
an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the
Dauntless, calling me to them. ~Tris
“…Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. We should be thankful that we know better.” ~Mr. Prior
“Beatrice…We should think of our family…But. But we must also think of ourselves.” ~Caleb
“I love you. No matter what.” ~Mrs. Prior to Beatrice at the Choosing Ceremony
I am selfish. I am brave. ~Tris
I would rather be dead than empty, like the factionless. ~Tris
I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today ti makes me brave. ~Tris
A new place, a new name. I can be remade here. “Tris,” I say firmly. ~Tris
“First jumper--Tris!” ~Four
“The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy!” ~Four
We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear. ~Four
...you are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself. ~Four
Statistically speaking...you should have hit the target at least once by now, even by accident... I think you’re actually defying nature. ~Will
There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage--in controlling something, period. Maybe I do belong here. (first day firing a gun) ~Tris
Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging. ~Christina
You aren’t going to be able to make me look pretty, you know. ~Tris, Who cares about pretty? I’m going for noticeable. ~Christina
It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else. ~Tris
Beatrice was a girl I saw in stolen moments at the mirror, who kept quiet at the dinner table. This is someone whose eyes claim mine and don’t release me; this is Tris. ~Tris
Four leaving us makes me nervous. Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives. ~Tris
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it. ~Mr. Prior
Maybe there is some abnegatin in everyone, even if they don’t know it. Well, in everyone but Peter. ~Tris
The Dauntless guards close the gate and lock it behind them. The lock is on the outside. I bite my lip. Why would they lock the gate from the outside and not the inside? It almost seems like they don’t want to keep something out; they want to keep us in. ~Tris
Something about him (Four) makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames. ~Tris
I am aware of how little space there is between us--six inches at most. That space feels charged with electricity. I feel like it should be smaller. ~Tris
For the first time since I beat Molly, guilt pinches my gut. If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong. ~Tris
My mother was Dauntless. ~Tris
...I think it’s important to protect people. To stand up for people. Like you did for me. That’s what the Dauntless are supposed to do right? That’s what courage is. Not...hurting people for no reason. ~Al
‘We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.’ ~Will quoting from the Dauntless manifesto
She’s Dauntless through and through. ~Uriah
A crowd of members stands below. They grasp one another’s arms forming a net of limbs beneath me. In order to get down, I have to trust them to catch me. I have to accept that these people are mine, and I am theirs. It is a braver act than sliding down the zip line. ~Tris
I know why my father said the Dauntless were a pack of madmen. He didn’t--couldn’t--understand the kind of camaraderie that forms only after you’ve all risked your lives together. ~Tris
We are not the same. But we are, somehow, one. ~Tris
Be brave Tris. The first time always the hardest. ~Four
I used to think the Dauntless were fearless. That is how they seemed, anyway. But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control. ~Tris
The expression warms his eyes enough that I forget he’s my instructor. He’s just a boy, talking casually, walking me to the door. ~Tris
You look good Tris. ~an intoxicated Four
I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free. ~Tris
You manipulated the simulation; you’re Divergent. I’ll delete the footage, but unless you want to wind up dead at the bottom of the chasm, you’ll figure out how to hide it during the simulations! ~Four
Are you like me? I ask silently. Are you Divergent? ~Tris
I hear my heartbeat. I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been looking back, and I feel like we are both trying to say something the other can’t hear, though I could be imagining it. Too long--and now, even longer, my heart even louder, his tranquil eyes swallowing me whole. ~Tris
I’m going to shoot a muffin off Marlene’s head. ~Uriah
You belong here, you know that? You belong with us. It’ll be over soon, so just hold on, okay? ~Four
I don’t want to say this, but I feel like I have to. It is more important for you to be safe than right for the time being. Understand? … But please, when you see an opportunity...Ruin them. ~Four
I understand why you’re worried, Peter. The events of last night certainly proved that you are a miserable coward...So now we all know, that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation. ~Four p. 298
Courageous? Courageous would have been admitting weakness and leaving Dauntless, no matter what shame accompanied it. Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine. ~Tris
...it’s when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest. ~Four
Jeanine’s so smart you can see it even before she says anything. Like..a walking, talking computer. ~Will
It’s easy to be brave when they’re not my fears. ~Tris
I watched you because I like you. ~Tobias
I like how you look. You’re deadly smart. You’re brave. ~Tobias
For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And when we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones. ~Tris
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of life. I do. ~Tris
Are you asking me to undress, Tris? ~Tobias
I think we’ve made a mistake, ...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 honest... I continually struggle with kindness. ~Tobias
You’re my daughter. I don’t care about the factions...Look where they got us. Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again. ~Natalie Prior
I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent. ~Tris
Be brave, Beatrice. I love you. ~Natalie Prior (before sacrificing her own life to save her daughter)
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 that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option. ~Tris
As of yesterday, I technically became Dauntless, but I don’t feel like one. And I am not Abnegation, either. I guess I am what I have always been. Not Dauntless, not Abnegation, not factionless. Divergent. ~Tris
Did I shoot him in the leg? … No. He walks. ~Tris
Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now. ~Tris
“Maybe I’m already sure, “ he says, “and I just don’t want to frighten you.” I laugh a little. “Then you should know better.” “Fine,” he says. “Then I love you.” ~Tobias and Tris
I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either. ~Tris
“…Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. We should be thankful that we know better.” ~Mr. Prior
“Beatrice…We should think of our family…But. But we must also think of ourselves.” ~Caleb
“I love you. No matter what.” ~Mrs. Prior to Beatrice at the Choosing Ceremony
I am selfish. I am brave. ~Tris
I would rather be dead than empty, like the factionless. ~Tris
I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today ti makes me brave. ~Tris
A new place, a new name. I can be remade here. “Tris,” I say firmly. ~Tris
“First jumper--Tris!” ~Four
“The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy!” ~Four
We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear. ~Four
...you are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself. ~Four
Statistically speaking...you should have hit the target at least once by now, even by accident... I think you’re actually defying nature. ~Will
There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage--in controlling something, period. Maybe I do belong here. (first day firing a gun) ~Tris
Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging. ~Christina
You aren’t going to be able to make me look pretty, you know. ~Tris, Who cares about pretty? I’m going for noticeable. ~Christina
It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else. ~Tris
Beatrice was a girl I saw in stolen moments at the mirror, who kept quiet at the dinner table. This is someone whose eyes claim mine and don’t release me; this is Tris. ~Tris
Four leaving us makes me nervous. Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives. ~Tris
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it. ~Mr. Prior
Maybe there is some abnegatin in everyone, even if they don’t know it. Well, in everyone but Peter. ~Tris
The Dauntless guards close the gate and lock it behind them. The lock is on the outside. I bite my lip. Why would they lock the gate from the outside and not the inside? It almost seems like they don’t want to keep something out; they want to keep us in. ~Tris
Something about him (Four) makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames. ~Tris
I am aware of how little space there is between us--six inches at most. That space feels charged with electricity. I feel like it should be smaller. ~Tris
For the first time since I beat Molly, guilt pinches my gut. If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong. ~Tris
My mother was Dauntless. ~Tris
...I think it’s important to protect people. To stand up for people. Like you did for me. That’s what the Dauntless are supposed to do right? That’s what courage is. Not...hurting people for no reason. ~Al
‘We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.’ ~Will quoting from the Dauntless manifesto
She’s Dauntless through and through. ~Uriah
A crowd of members stands below. They grasp one another’s arms forming a net of limbs beneath me. In order to get down, I have to trust them to catch me. I have to accept that these people are mine, and I am theirs. It is a braver act than sliding down the zip line. ~Tris
I know why my father said the Dauntless were a pack of madmen. He didn’t--couldn’t--understand the kind of camaraderie that forms only after you’ve all risked your lives together. ~Tris
We are not the same. But we are, somehow, one. ~Tris
Be brave Tris. The first time always the hardest. ~Four
I used to think the Dauntless were fearless. That is how they seemed, anyway. But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control. ~Tris
The expression warms his eyes enough that I forget he’s my instructor. He’s just a boy, talking casually, walking me to the door. ~Tris
You look good Tris. ~an intoxicated Four
I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free. ~Tris
You manipulated the simulation; you’re Divergent. I’ll delete the footage, but unless you want to wind up dead at the bottom of the chasm, you’ll figure out how to hide it during the simulations! ~Four
Are you like me? I ask silently. Are you Divergent? ~Tris
I hear my heartbeat. I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been looking back, and I feel like we are both trying to say something the other can’t hear, though I could be imagining it. Too long--and now, even longer, my heart even louder, his tranquil eyes swallowing me whole. ~Tris
I’m going to shoot a muffin off Marlene’s head. ~Uriah
You belong here, you know that? You belong with us. It’ll be over soon, so just hold on, okay? ~Four
I don’t want to say this, but I feel like I have to. It is more important for you to be safe than right for the time being. Understand? … But please, when you see an opportunity...Ruin them. ~Four
I understand why you’re worried, Peter. The events of last night certainly proved that you are a miserable coward...So now we all know, that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation. ~Four p. 298
Courageous? Courageous would have been admitting weakness and leaving Dauntless, no matter what shame accompanied it. Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine. ~Tris
...it’s when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest. ~Four
Jeanine’s so smart you can see it even before she says anything. Like..a walking, talking computer. ~Will
It’s easy to be brave when they’re not my fears. ~Tris
I watched you because I like you. ~Tobias
I like how you look. You’re deadly smart. You’re brave. ~Tobias
For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And when we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones. ~Tris
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of life. I do. ~Tris
Are you asking me to undress, Tris? ~Tobias
I think we’ve made a mistake, ...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 honest... I continually struggle with kindness. ~Tobias
You’re my daughter. I don’t care about the factions...Look where they got us. Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again. ~Natalie Prior
I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent. ~Tris
Be brave, Beatrice. I love you. ~Natalie Prior (before sacrificing her own life to save her daughter)
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 that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option. ~Tris
As of yesterday, I technically became Dauntless, but I don’t feel like one. And I am not Abnegation, either. I guess I am what I have always been. Not Dauntless, not Abnegation, not factionless. Divergent. ~Tris
Did I shoot him in the leg? … No. He walks. ~Tris
Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now. ~Tris
“Maybe I’m already sure, “ he says, “and I just don’t want to frighten you.” I laugh a little. “Then you should know better.” “Fine,” he says. “Then I love you.” ~Tobias and Tris
I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either. ~Tris
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