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Science Fiction Writer Inspirational Quotes (34898)

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It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.
Veronica Roth
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Beatrice, she says. Beatrice, we have to run. She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She is dressed like my mother and she looks like my mother, but she is holding a gun, and the determined look in her eyes is unfamiliar to me.
Veronica Roth
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I need the protection of seeming weak.
Veronica Roth
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But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.
Veronica Roth
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I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage to choose Dauntless, and maybe just choosing one over the other will prove that I belong.
Veronica Roth
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I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.
Veronica Roth
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You won, Four mutters. Stop. I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide they look alarmed.
Veronica Roth
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I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.
Veronica Roth
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There is a reason you don’t know all the things I know. -Marcus Eaton
Veronica Roth
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Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
Veronica Roth
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
Veronica Roth
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Four grabs a bar with each hand and pulls himself up, easy, like he's sitting up in bed. But he is not comfortable or natural here--- every muscle in his arm stands out. it is a stupid thing for me to think when I am one hundred feet off the ground.
Veronica Roth
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Nothing else is alright. But we are. -Tobias
Veronica Roth
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Al walks in, and I don't even have to ask him to help me, he just walks over and strips bedding with me. i will have to scrub the frame later. Al carries the stack of sheets to the trash and together we walk toward the training room. Ignore him, Al says. He's an idiot, and if you don't get angry, he'll stop eventually.
Veronica Roth
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Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something. Okay. He laughs shakily in my ear. Why is your heart racing Tris? I cringe and say, Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?... Maybe you were cut out for Candor, he says, because you're a terrible liar.
Veronica Roth
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I used to go outside every day and invent these elaborate worlds and scenarios in my head, and when I grew too old for playing pretend, I started to write everything down instead.
Veronica Roth
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I don't have a bullet in my head, do I? So I'm fine.
Veronica Roth
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The opinions of others cannot damage you.
Veronica Roth
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I don't want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
Veronica Roth
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Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
Frank Herbert
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I expect to weave through the crowd, dodging elbows and muttering excuse me the way I always do, but there is no need. Becoming Dauntless has made me noticable.
Veronica Roth
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I suppose everything is bound to look different when you aren't on your way to die.
Veronica Roth
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That's why you like me!' I exclaim. 'Because you're not nice either! It makes so much more sense now.' 'Come on,' he says. 'We're going to see Johanna.' 'I like you, too.' 'That's encouraging,' he replies flatly. 'Come on. Oh for God's sake. I'll just carry you.
Veronica Roth
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Well, I already know what happened to my face, I say. I was there. Sort of
Veronica Roth
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