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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
Tears
Stop
Much
Feds
Weakness

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I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior
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That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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I imagine the wave of water colliding with the rock and spilling over the tile floor, collecting around my shoes. Doing a little at once can fix something, eventually, but I feel like when you believe that something is truly a problem, you throw everything you have at it, because you just can’t help yourself.
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You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.
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We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends?
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Inquisitiveness is self-serving, Johanna. -Marcus Eaton
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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'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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