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Leave her out of this Why? Because you're doing her? Oh wait, I forgot. Stiffs don't do that sort of thing

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.
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It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please, when you see an opportunity...ruin them
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We kiss again and this time, it feels familiar. I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
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He pus his lips next to my ear and says, “You look good, Tris.
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But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.
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The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?
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My Tris should look pale and small--she is pale and small, after all--but instead the room is full of her.
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I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you something.
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Sometimes pain is for the greater good.
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Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.
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One choice can transform you!
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What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness.
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Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. I wonder if this is how it is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likeable as good men.
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Yes, she says, her eyes bright with tears. My dear child, you've done so well.
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She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.
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We are not the same. But we are, somehow, one.
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But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters.
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Tris, he says. What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic. That's not very nice of you to say, I say. They put me in a good mood, that's all. And now I really want to kiss you, so if you could just relax-
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Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris
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She tips her chin up and looks at me with that Abnegation stubbornness I know so well. She may have left them, but they are what’s making her strong.
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