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Fine," he says. "Then I love you.
Human reason can excuse any evil.
I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.
Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up
I only came for Cake" -Tobias Eaton, Divergent
Who cares about pretty? I'm going for noticeable.
It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.
I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
I have read the 'Divergent' series. I obviously read 'Harry Potter.'
I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.
A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.
I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
In 'Divergent,' the story is about Beatrice Prior, and I play her brother.
Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.
But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves.
It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent
Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.
Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.
I've done a lot of movies, but none of them that have blown up the way that 'Divergent' did.
Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.
I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.
I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.
There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.
If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.
I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.
Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
I've read the whole 'Divergent' series, the 'Pretty' series. I just read it because I find this stuff interesting to read.
'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.
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.
The best companies will build culturally diverse leadership teams and workforces with divergent backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas.
It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free.
It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them
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.
Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.
At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.
Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)
I think it's really important to look at the walk and not the talk, and if you look at the walk, our paths [with Hillary Clinton] are extremely 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.
For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.
It's important to be a divergent musician and do a little bit of everything, except you have to make sure your fans are aware of it and that you string them along the right way.
Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.