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I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.

Veronica Roth

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Abnegation
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My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.
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And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel the Erudite, intelligent but vain the Amity, peaceful but passive the Candor, honest but inconsiderate the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.
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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 ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.
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