Divergent (Divergent, #1)

by Veronica Roth

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That’s why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

politeness is deception in pretty packaging.”

Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.

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

‘We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.’”