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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.

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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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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.
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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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it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear
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There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.
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I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.
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I think I speak for everyone, he says, when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless.
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Fear, she says, is more powerful than pain.
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Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.
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We are not the same. But we are, somehow, one.
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Lies require commitment.
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Fine, he says. Then I love you.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.
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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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