“Oh, drat the men! No matter what they do, it's the wrong thing. And no matter who they are, it's somebody they shouldn't be. They do exasperate me.”
“It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's wrong, Tris. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened to you. And anyone who tells you it's okay is a liar.”
“...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.”
“It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.”
“People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters. What matters is what we learn from the mistakes, not what the mistake is.”
“It's not whether your glass is empty or full, it's what you do with it that really matters.”