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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Before we sit down, he puts his mouth next to my ear and says, “I like your hair that way.
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I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.
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It was him or me. I chose me. But I feel dead too.
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Is there any other way to Erudite headquarters? I say. Not that I now of, says Cara. Unless you want to jump from one roof to another. She laughs a little as she says it, like it's a joke. I raise my eyebrows at her. Wait, she says. You aren't considering---?
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It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and all the others that carried me through the city, my city, after I was brave enough to ride them. I brush my fingers over the car wall, just once, and then jump.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Can you be a girl for a few seconds? I'm always a girl I frown. You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl I twirl my hair around my finger. Kay.
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I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.
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You want him to walk? Caleb demands. Are you insane? Did I shoot him in the leg? I say. No. He walks. Where do we go, Peter?
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I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.
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I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
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He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife?
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I feel his heartbeat against my cheek,as fast as my own. Are you afraid of me, too, Tobias? Terrified, he replies with a smile.
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It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.
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Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.
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He's one of the last friends I have, she says, her voice breaking. I don't know if I'll ever be able to look at you the same way again.
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She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.
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We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends?
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No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
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As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.
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