“I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.”

“The Amity Established this place as a safe house. No conflict allowed.""The Amity will have trouble enforcing that policy," says Marcus. "How do you stop conflict without conflict?”

“Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’…‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’…‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’…‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’…‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.”

“Welcome to the Amity compound,' says Johanna. Her eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. 'Let us take care of you.”

“I love you," I say.I said that once, before I went to Erudite headquarters, but he was asleep then. I don't know why I didn't say it when he could hear it. Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion. Or afraid that I did not know what it was to love someone. But now I think the scary thing was not saying it before it was too late. Not saying it before it was almost too late for me.”

“A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.”

“I have a message for the Divergent"I am Divergent."This is not a negotiation"No, it is not."It is a warning"I understand."Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . ."I will." . . . this will happen again"It will never happen again.”