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Nothing else is alright. But we are. -Tobias

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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
Tobias
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Else
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I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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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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But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.
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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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We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.
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It doesn't take skill to stand in a place were no bullets find you, or to fire into the dark and hit a man you didn't see.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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I came here so that no one else would die. I came here to protect as many people as I could. And I care more about Tobias's safety than anyone else's. So why am I here, if he's here? What's the point?
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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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People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.
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I don't know if you know this, Tobias says, but Edward is a little unstable. I'm getting that, I say. That Drew guy who helped Peter perform that butterknife maneuver, Tobias says. Apparently when he got kicked out of Dauntless, he tried to join the same group of factionless Edward was a part of. Notice that you haven't seen Drew a
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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Sometimes I see him as just another person, and sometimes I feel the sight of him in my gut, like a deep ache.
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It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.
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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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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 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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Not writing is as important as writing - go out into the world and remember how interesting it, and the people in it, are.
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If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.
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Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.
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