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I don't believe it is more important to move forward than to know the truth.

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
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Truth
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Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.
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Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.
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I need the protection of seeming weak.
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Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton
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You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.
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What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong.
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That's the first time I've ever said those words out loud, and now I hear how strange they are. How many young men fear that there is a monster instead them? People are supposed to fear others, not themselves.
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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I feel a thread tugging me again, but this time I know that it isn’t some sinister force dragging me toward death. This time I know it’s my mother's hand, drawing me into her arms. And I go gladly into her embrace.
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Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m all right?” I say. “No, I’m pretty sure you’re not all right.” He shakes his head. “I’m going to ask you not to make any decisions until we’ve talked about it.
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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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In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
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That’s one way of looking at it. I prefer to look at it another way—which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back.
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...there is power in self-sacrifice.
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He moves his thumb in a slow circle over the back of my hand. It is meant to comfort me, but it frustrates me instead. I need to talk to him. I need to look at him.
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It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest. --Four in Divergent
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So now we all know, says Four, quietly, that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation. His mouth curls into a smile.
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