“If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.”

“Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.”

“How can you fail a test you aren't allowed to prepare for?”

“They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them.”

“Peter: Where are you two going?Tris: Why aren't you with your attack group eating dinner?Peter: I don't have one. I'm injured.Christina: Yeah right, you are!Peter: Well, I don't want to go to battle with a bunch of factionless. So I'm going to stay here.Christina: Like a coward. Let everyone else clean up the mess for you.Peter: Yep! Have fun dying.”

“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”

“You chose us. Now we have to choose you.”