I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
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.
EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.
Increasingly, “left” and “right” don’t just describe divergent political judgments but also sealed-off understandings of what is true and how we know it.
K.C. and the Bay Area are opposites.
I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.
I was always a contrarian.
'Divergent,' directed by Neil Burger, displayed an admirable seriousness and some grim verve in laying out the boundaries of novelist Veronica Roth's dystopia - six segregated but ostensibly harmonious regions defined by their inhabitants' skills.
Human reason can excuse any evil.
It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent
I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.
I'm not Dauntless - I'm Divergent. I am whatever I choose to be.
I love you." He frowns. "Say it again." "Tobias," I say. "I love you.
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.
Think off-center.
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.
I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
I'm Divergent. And I can't be controlled.
Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
In 'Divergent,' the story is about Beatrice Prior, and I play her brother.
I have read the 'Divergent' series. I obviously read 'Harry Potter.'
I have a message for the Divergent" I am Divergent. "This is not a negotiation" No, it is not. "It is a warning" I understand. "Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . ." I will. " . . . this will happen again" It will never happen again.
There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.
You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.
