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Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris

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
Uninvolved
Tris
Independent
Nice
Must

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I take a deep breath. I'm not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but know that I've acknowledge it, it's impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. It writhes in my stomach and throat. I need to leave. I need the truth.
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We are not people who touch each other carelessly every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.
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Lies require commitment.
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The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
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And I provide much- needed eye candy.
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Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities.
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I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.
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You think giving you a hug would give away too much? he says. You know, I say. I really don't care. I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life.
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Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
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Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.
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I don't want to try to live up to someone who's created something so incredible. I'm just trying to focus on what I'm doing and what I do best. It's sometimes hard to focus in and only think about my books rather than how they measure up to someone else's.
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Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
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Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.
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I feel acutely aware of how young I am. In a way that is good. It's productive. It makes me realise that I should be growing as a writer and a person.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.
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I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.
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All I want to say is that when you stop being delusional and start feeling desperate because you're too inept to figure this out on your own, you know who to come to.
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Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now.
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I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.
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