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I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.

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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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I have your back. I didn't mean only when it's easy. All the time.
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I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.
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And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.
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But now I’m wondering if I need it anymore, if we ever really need these words, “Dauntless,” “Erudite,” “Divergent,” “Allegiant,” or if we can just be friends or lovers or siblings, defined instead by the choices we make and the love and loyalty that binds us.
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Even though I am still injured, I had to fight again today.Luckily this time,I was paired against Myra,who couldn't throw a good punch if someone was controlling her arm for her.
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I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.
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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.
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You sadistic pansycake.
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I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead.
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I have a message for the Divergent I am Divergent. This is not a negotiation No, it is not. It is a warning I understand. Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . . I will. . . . this will happen again It will never happen again.
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Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how smart he is and that if I’m not careful he’ll notice that I keep staring at her, and that will be my undoing.
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That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When he finally drifts off, our fingers are twisted together in the space between the beds. I smile a little, and let myself go.
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Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.
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