Human reason can excuse any evil.
Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves.
Fine," he says. "Then I love you.
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if you behave properly wit those holding divergent views from you or who criticize you, then you deserve to be credited with having an excellent character. (p. 99)
I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.
I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.
When you put off a task, you buy yourself time to engage in divergent thinking rather than foreclosing on one particular idea.
The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.
I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent
While truth is ultimately convergent, beauty is ultimately divergent. No one can and no one should tell anyone else what that person should consider beautiful.
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up
