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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
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Veronica Anne Roth
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Why would the factionless have a high Divergent population? It sounds like she's smirking. Obviously those who can't confine themselves to a particular way of thinking would be most likely to leave a faction or fail its initiation, right?
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It's wrong, he says. It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's wrong, Tris. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened to you. And anyone who tells you it's okay is a liar.
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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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We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.
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Sorry, am I being rude? she asks. I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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You're not very nice, I say, grinning. You're one to talk. Hey, I could be nice if I tried. Hmm. He taps his chin. Say something nice, then. You're very good-looking. He smiles, his teeth a flash in this dark. I like this 'nice' thing.
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An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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I feel like someone is pressing me into a mold that does not fit my body, forcing me intothe wrong shape.
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Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.
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You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn't do that,' I say. 'It would have been like shooting myself.' He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks.
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I am a child. I am two feet tall, and asking if she loves me.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that something is a fake bathroom break.
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For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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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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Just as I have insisted on his worth, he has always insisted on my strength, insisted that my capacity is greater than I believe. And I know, without being told, that's what love does, when it's right-it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be. This is right.
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A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.
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