Four Quotes

I emerge from the simulation with a yell. My lip stings, and when I take my hand away from it, there is blood on my fingertips. (1.1)

"Congratulations. Your result was textbook Abnegation." (1.6)

What faction did I want? Any of them. Any of them but Abnegation. (1.11-1.12)

I don't know that I would have made different choices if my father hadn't coached me, hadn't controlled every part of my aptitude test from afar. (1.11)

The consequence of my constant absence, though, is that the other Abnegation are wary of me, convinced there's something wrong with me, that I'm ill or immoral or strange. (1.18)

"Don't worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I've had a lot of practice." (1.133)

[Marcus's] hands collide with my chest. (1.115)

I return to the cafeteria and sit down at the Abnegation table, among the people who barely know me. (1.17)

It's been years since I heard [my mother's name] because my father won't speak it, won't even acknowledge it if he hears it. (1.44)