"“We’re getting old,” he said. “No,” said Paula Zarte. “You are. I’m just not as young as I was.”"

"The thought came and went, more wish than thought. Maria wasn’t good at considering her own emotions. Most of the tim…"

"There was no way she could know, but Prisoner Zero asked anyway because he was talking to himself; which was all anyo…"

"But those would be lies and Tris never lied to herself. At least not more than was required to stay human or sane. Ly…"

"He had been fighting with himself longer than he could remember and was still not sure who was winning."

"Immortality had been perfected, at least in its non-biological forms, but insufficient attention had been paid to the…"

"Apparently this was a design flaw in the unaugmented human brain, a lagging of consciousness behind intent."

"The fifty-third Chuang Tzu wore the very first on his cloak as a diamond buckle. Every emperor became a diamond event…"

"Inside every adult was a child, or so it is said. Professor Petra Mayer was different. Inside Petra Mayer was an impo…"

"The third nightfall was less impressive than the second, which mirrored a rule Tris had already identified; new emoti…"