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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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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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Veronica Anne Roth
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It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil.
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Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
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though he does not touch me, he steadies me.
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I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.
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It was him or me. I chose me. But I feel dead too.
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It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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It is impossible to erase my choices.
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Sorry, am I being rude? she asks. I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are
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The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.
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What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty? she says after a few minutes of silence have passed. Honestly? Does now seem like the time for honesty? I look at her from the corner of my eye. I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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We don't need you as an ally. We're Dauntless. -Tori
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I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am just someone with a large prefrontal cortex...and nothing more?
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Peace is restrained this is free.
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