“I am selfish. I am brave.”

“I am. selfish. I am brave. I am Divergent.”

“feel Tobias brushing my hair back before the first simulation. I hear him telling me to be brave. I hear my mother telling me to be brave(...) I am brave.”

“I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave”

“I wasn't good enough for abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless." "Why weren't you good enough?" "Because I was selfish." I say. "You were selfish? You aren't anymore?" "Of course I am. My mother said that everyone is selfish," I say, "but I became less selfish in Dauntless. I discovered there were people I would fight for. Die for, even.”

“And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?”

“I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless.I am Divergent. And I can’t be controlled.”