Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent Series Story)

by Veronica Roth

He is powerful for me largely because of the way he continues to overcome adversity, even managing, on several occasions, to flourish in it.

❤️

I don’t care what she says—this isn’t a safe room. There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.

“Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.”

hope he doesn’t see it, doesn’t see how even his slightest touch terrifies me.

Ayyyy abuse accurately portrayed

that secret self is hard, and cold, and sad.

Dead people can be our heroes because they can’t disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

“Fear doesn’t shut you down,” I say. “It wakes you up. I’ve seen it. It’s fascinating.”

So cool to think about.

openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I’m finding.

Very true

compound when they think no one is watching. They also grow up cultivating in themselves the desire to make bold moves, to take drastic action, to commit themselves fully to whatever they decide to do.