Quotes from Four A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

Bookish Mardi: Four A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth 

". . . becoming fearless isn't the point.That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it, that's the point." - Veronica Roth

The author started writing Divergent from the perspective of Tobias Eaton, a boy from Abnegation with peculiar tension with his father who longed for freedom from his  faction. She reached a standstill at thirty pages becasue the narrator wasn't quite right for the story she wanted to tell; four years later, when she picked up the story again, she found the right character to drive it, this time a girl from Abnegation who wanted to find out what she was made for. But Tobias never disappeared - he entered the story as Four, Tris's instructor, boyfriend, and equal. He has always been a character Veronica was interested exploring further because of the way he came alive for her every time he was on the page. He is so powerful for her largely because of the way he continues to overcome adversities, even managing, on several occasions, to flourish in it.

Book Summary

Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation's faction leader did the same. Tobias's transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly christened "Four", he discovered during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless. Initiation is only the beginning, though; Four must claim his place in the Dauntless heirarchy. His decisions will affect future initiates as well as uncover secrets that could threaten his own future - and the future of the entire faction system.

Two year later, Four is poised to take action, but the course is still unclear. The first new initiatie who jumps  into the net might change all that. With her, the way to righting  their world might become clear. With her, it might become possible to be Tobias once again. (Source: Wikipedia)

Book Content

Remarkable Lines from the Book

". . . no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell." - Tobias
"You're the one who has to live with your choice. Everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will." - Evelyn

". . .free moments always have to end." - Tobias

". . . each of us, each individual, was responsible for the evil that exists in the world. But they (our ancestors) didn't agree on exactly what that evil was. Some said it was dishonesty. Some said it was ignorance, some agression, some said selfishness was the cause. And the last group saidthat it was cowardice that was to blame." - Max

"You're the one who has to live with your choice." - Tori

"Most of the time death just comes whether you've said good-bye or not." - Amar

"Vanity. They are so concerned with looking intelligent that they make themselves fools for it." - Marcus

". . .while wounds heal, they don't disappear forever - I carry them everywhere, always, and that is the way of things, the way of scars." - Tobias

"the problem with many Erudite is their selfishness, but I think it is their arrogance, the pride they take in knowing things that others do not." - Tobias

". . . for every good thing that comes along, there is always a cost." - Tobias

"Rule numeber one for not being creepy. Announce your presence in a room if another person doesn't see you come in." - Shauna

"How to Be Dauntless: An Introductory Course. Lesson One: It's okay to hug your friends here." - Shauna

"It's okay not to be okay." - Zeke

"I'm not sure bravery is something you acquire more of with age, like wisdom.
. . .bravery is the highest form of wisdom, the acknowledgement that life can and should be lived without fear." - Tobias

"Our city is changing, faster than ever before, and in order to keep up with it, we'll have to change, too. We'll have to become stronger, braver, better than we are now." - Max

"There's something ridiculous about a tough, hardened Dauntless warrior with a stack of papers. . . but of course some things have to be ordinary, because it's more efficient that way." - Max

"Power should be given only to those who earn it. Difficult circumstances from stronger people. You don't know how strong a person really is until they're tested." - Tobias

"Everything has to start in the right orde and finish in the reverse order. Just make sure that everything is in the right place." - Tobias

". . . it was more painful to long for things and never get them than to deal with whatever was in front of me." - Tobias

". . . most of the time, people aren't easy to explain." - Tobias

". . .when you're sneaking around, it's best not to look like you're sneaking around." - Tobias

"Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life." - Tris

"Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn." - Tobias

". . . becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it, that's the point." - Tobias

"Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them." - Tobias

"Fear doesn't shut you down. It wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating."  - Tobias

". . . openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to." - Tobias

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