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There was only one option left, and it was letting go.

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If she's in pain now she doesn't show it; she just closes her eyes and surrenders, and that is worse than her screaming for help, somehow.

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What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoela...more

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I'll only go if there's cake.~Tobias "Four

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Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks."I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

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Stupid. Why do people want to pretendthat death is sleep? It isn’t. It isn’t

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Are you asking me to undress, Tris?'A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

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Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I don't know. I don't know.please.-Tris, DivergentCan I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I wa...more

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My mother wasn't a fool," I say. "She just understood something you didn't. That it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it...more

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It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt."We stay in the silence and the loneliness of ...more

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Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself, this time.

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Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but i feel like when you believe something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at ...more

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I grabbed hold of my Divergence like it was a hand outstretched to save me. I needed that word to tell me who I was when everything else was coming ap...more

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You're not very nice," I say, grinning."You're one to talk.""Hey, I could be nice if I tried.""Hmm." He taps his chin. "Say something nice, then.""You...more

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There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone ...more