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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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I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me
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But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.
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I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.
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It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.
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I don't want to try to live up to someone who's created something so incredible. I'm just trying to focus on what I'm doing and what I do best. It's sometimes hard to focus in and only think about my books rather than how they measure up to someone else's.
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I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is next, I will be better than I am now.
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Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.
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Four: Be brave Tris. The first time is always the hardest.
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There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.
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With four? Doing a little... Addition? Multiplication?
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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The Amity Established this place as a safe house. No conflict allowed. The Amity will have trouble enforcing that policy, says Marcus. How do you stop conflict without conflict?
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The truth has a way of changing people's plans.
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I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
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I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
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I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.
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If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained this is free.
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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.
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Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m all right?” I say. “No, I’m pretty sure you’re not all right.” He shakes his head. “I’m going to ask you not to make any decisions until we’ve talked about it.
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