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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you, I say. Controlling you is.
Veronica Roth
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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Four! I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.
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It's what you deserve to hear, I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known.
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His hand touches my waist, steadies me. The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his fingers ignited them. I pull close to him, pressing my body against his, and lift my head to kiss him.
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The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice.
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I want to cry because something terrible happened, and I saw it, and I could not see a way to mend it.
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Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the wiry muscles in her arms or the black ink marking her collarbone with flight.
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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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