How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
The reports that label my family as corrupt, power-hungry, moralizing dictators? The reports that carry subtle threats and hint at revolution? They make me sick to my stomach. Knowing that she is the one who released them makes me want to strangle her.
I smile.
"Wholeheartedly," I say. (28.106-8)
Here's one good thing about secrets: yes, they can drive a wedge between you and your friends (see above), but secrets can also drive a wedge between you and your enemies, which is handy. In this passage, Tris's secret is laid out clearly for us in the line about this making Tris feel sick to her stomach and strangle-happy. But all that is on the inside; on the outside, Tris is willing to lie and manipulate Jeanine to get what she wants.
Quote #8
"Yeah." She shrugs. "Some things are the same, though. I mean, everyone at home is just as loud as everyone here, so that's good. But it's easier there. You always know where you stand with everyone, because they tell you. There's no...manipulation."
I nod. Abnegation prepared me for that aspect of Dauntless life. The Abnegation aren't manipulative, but they aren't forthright, either. (28.196-7)
Christina doesn't seem to have many secrets. For instance, when Will kisses her, the first thing Christina does is write a blog post about it. No, wait—the first thing she does is tell Tris. But the point is the same: Christina doesn't have secrets and she grew up in a place where there weren't lies and manipulation. That's either awesome or awkward or both all at once.
Quote #9
I don't know when I accumulated so many secrets. Being Divergent. Fears. How I really feel about my friends, my family, Al, Tobias. Candor initiation would reach things that even the simulations can't touch; it would wreck me. (28.199)
"It would wreck me" is a pretty strong statement. Like, if you imagine spilling your secrets, you might say "it would embarrass me" or "it would damage some of my friendships." But Tris rockets past anything like that and ends up with the word "wreck." She might be being a little melodramatic with that word, or maybe she thinks her secrets are really terrible things that would make people hate her. That's a problem with secrets: you don't know how people will react until you, you know, tell them.