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...there is power in self-sacrifice.

Veronica Roth

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Selflessness
Sacrifice
Power
Self

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The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?
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Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities.
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I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
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I forget that he is another person instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm.
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Then everyone can call you Six.” “Four and Six,” I say.
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Few people who are born into Abnegation choose to leave it. When they do, we remember.
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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.
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Welcome to the Amity compound, Johanna's eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly. Let us take care of you.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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I would rather be dead than empty
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People tend to overestimate my character, I say quietly. They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.
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I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.
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He is strong, and lithe, and certain. And he is mine.
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Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.
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In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
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Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.
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