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I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.

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
Feds
Weakness
Tears
Stop
Much

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May the peace of God be with you, she says, her voice low, even in the midst of trouble. Why would it? I say softly, so no one else can hear. After all I've done... It isn't about you, she says. It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.
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Inquisitiveness is self-serving, Johanna. -Marcus Eaton
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Don't you dare try to apologize. His voice shakes. This is not something you can bandage with a word or two and some hugging, or something.
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Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.
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I suppose everything is bound to look different when you aren't on your way to die.
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