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My mother told me once that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction we have no purpose and no reason to live.

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
Purpose
Mother
Reason
Faction
Live
Factions
Without
Survive
Even
Wouldn
Told
Alone

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Yes, she says, her eyes bright with tears. My dear child, you've done so well.
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Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something. Okay. He laughs shakily in my ear. Why is your heart racing Tris? I cringe and say, Well, I...I barely know you. I barely know you and I'm crammed up against you in a box, Four, what do you think?... Maybe you were cut out for Candor, he says, because you're a terrible liar.
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I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction.
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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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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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I do like to hit people-I like the explosion of power and energy, and the feeling that I am untouchable because I can hurt people. But I hate that part of myself, because it is the part of me that is the most broken
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It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.
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He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.
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Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to know what his fears are. He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something.
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Don't confuse your grief with guilt.
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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I'm surprised you know that, I say quietly, since you left halfway through my one and only fight. It wasn't something I wanted to watch. he says. What's that supposed to mean?
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Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton
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Can I ask why you’re throwing knives at cheese?’ ‘Caleb came by to discuss something,’ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he looks at me. ‘And knife-throwing just came up somehow.’ ‘As it so often does,’ I say, a small smile inching across my face.
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I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.
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The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.
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It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
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Just do what you're supposed to.
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