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Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.

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
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Politeness
Deception
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It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.
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I'm surprised you know that, I say quietly, since you left halfway through my one and only fight. It wasn't something I wanted to watch. he says. What's that supposed to mean?
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I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction, obviously, but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.
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You think giving you a hug would give away too much? he says. You know, I say. I really don't care. I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life.
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He pus his lips next to my ear and says, “You look good, Tris.
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Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
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I'll have to keep looking for more of them, more brief moments of freedom in a world that refuses to allow it.
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I hold the gun out from my body, my arms straight, just as Four taught me, when that was his only name. I used a gun like this to defend my father and brother from simulation-bound Dauntless. I used it to stop Eric from shooting Tobias in the head. It is not inherently evil. It is just a tool.
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He's one of the last friends I have, she says, her voice breaking. I don't know if I'll ever be able to look at you the same way again.
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I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're standing. I believe in leaving room for things that you can't explain in the universe, and you don't have to be religious to leave room for those things.
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I have a message for the Divergent I am Divergent. This is not a negotiation No, it is not. It is a warning I understand. Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . . I will. . . . this will happen again It will never happen again.
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So now we all know, says Four, quietly, that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation. His mouth curls into a smile.
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I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Some people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.
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My problem might be that even if I did go home, I wouldn’t belong there, among people who give without thinking and care without trying.
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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.
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Please. They're like the Cult of Four.
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