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Peace is restrained this is free.

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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
Free
Peace
Restrained

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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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It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
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I know I belong in Dauntless because everything I did in that aptitude test told me so. I'm loyal to my faction for that reason -- because there's nowhere else I could possibly be. But her? And you? She shakes her head. I have no idea who you're loyal to. And I'm not going to pretend like everything's okay.
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Morning, I say. Shh, she says. If you don't acknowledge it, maybe it will go away.
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It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
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I have something to tell you, he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hand and look back at him. I might be in love with you. He smiles a little. I’m waiting until I’m sure to tell you, though.
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I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.
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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.
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You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are
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I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.
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I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.
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We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends?
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It's then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb. Of course she would.
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I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.
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Did you ever meet someone named Caleb? I say. 'Caleb, Fernando says. Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was... what's the colloquial term for it? A suck-up. he smirks.
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I expect to weave through the crowd, dodging elbows and muttering excuse me the way I always do, but there is no need. Becoming Dauntless has made me noticable.
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Human reason can excuse any evil.
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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 brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it, you should at least do something about it instead of sitting here on this mess you made, pretending it's a throne!
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Creemos enla valentía. Creemos en tomar acciones. Creemos en la liberarnos del miedo y en la adquisición de habilidades necesarias para obligar a que lo malos salga de nuestro mundo para que el bien pueda prosperar y florecer
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