20 significant quotes from the book divergent with page numbers

Here are 20 significant quotes from the book “Divergent” by Veronica Roth, along with their respective page numbers from the HarperCollins paperback edition (2011):

1. “Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”

• Page 239

1. “I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent. And I can’t be controlled.”

• Page 442

1. “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.”

• Page 206

1. “My mother’s death was brave. I’ll give her that. And I don’t want to die until I’m done with life, not because I’m afraid, but because I love life.”

• Page 435

1. “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”

• Page 254

1. “I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.”

• Page 405

1. “Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.”

• Page 313

1. “A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.”

• Page 304

1. “Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”

• Page 437

1. “I am selfish. I am brave.”
   • Page 301
2. “People tend to overestimate my character. They think that because I’m small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can’t possibly be cruel. But they’re wrong.”
   • Page 305
3. “Politeness is just deception in a pretty packaging.”
   • Page 276
4. “Knowledge is power. Power to do evil…or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.”
   • Page 207
5. “I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.”
   • Page 395
6. “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.”
   • Page 313
7. “The truth has a way of changing people’s plans.”
   • Page 456
8. “It must be because I’m so desperate to belong somewhere, and the part of me that wants to connect with others feels so small and withered. I could belong here if I want to.”
   • Page 170
9. “Sometimes it’s hard to know who you are until you step outside of who you’ve been.”
   • Page 117
10. “I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent.”
    • Page 442
11. “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.”
    • Page 313

Please note that page numbers might vary slightly depending on the edition of the book you have. The quotes reflect the themes of identity, bravery, fear, and self-discovery that are central to “Divergent.”