“The opinions of others cannot damage you.”

“There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.”

“You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a long time"This is the Marcus that Tobias knows. The one who knows right where to hit to cause the most damage.”

“How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.”

“May the peace of God be with you,” she says, her voice low, “even in the midst of trouble.”“Why would it?” I say softly, so no one else can hear. “After all I’ve done...”“It isn’t about you,” she says. “It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.”

“From your results I have determined that you are one of the strongest Divergent, which I say not to compliment you but to explain my purpose. If I am to develop a simulation that cannot be thwarted by the Divergent mind, I must study the strongest Divergent mind in order to shore up all weaknesses in the technology.”

“Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”