Divergent (Divergent, #1)

by Veronica Roth

To live factionless is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community.

My mother told me once that we can’t survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn’t want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.

Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.