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You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris

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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
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Sucked
Someone
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Something
Always
Tris
Life
Fascinates

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Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves.
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Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.
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And then the screaming begins.
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I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
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Human reason can excuse any evil that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.
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Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that she died for me it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.
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There are men with guns up there. When they see me, they will kill me, if they can, I tell my father quietly. I search his eyes. Should I let them? He stares at me for a few seconds. Go, he says, and God help you.
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I also don't believe that whatever come after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions-that sounds too much like an Erudite afterlife to me, all accuracy and no feeling.
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And I provide much- needed eye candy.
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His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.
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I'll have to keep looking for more of them, more brief moments of freedom in a world that refuses to allow it.
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You look older.” “Yes, well. The passage of time tends to do that to a person.
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Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion.
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People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.
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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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Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face. A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
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Beatrice, she says. Beatrice, we have to run. She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She is dressed like my mother and she looks like my mother, but she is holding a gun, and the determined look in her eyes is unfamiliar to me.
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You're more than Dauntless, he says in a low voice. But if you want to be just like them, hurling yourself into ridiculous situations for no reason and retaliating against your enemies without any regard for what's ethical, go right ahead. I thought you were better than that, but maybe I was wrong.
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