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You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are

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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
Smack
Face
Faces
Strong
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What did you do?” This time the question tears from my throat like a growl. I throw myself toward him. “What did you do?” I scream. “You die, I die too. I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.
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She must love me, to worry about me. She must still be capable of love.
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I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.
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I point at a window to my left, and it explodes. Particles of glass rain over us. ‘You’ll have to do better than that,' I say.
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So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?
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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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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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though he does not touch me, he steadies me.
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I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.
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Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
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...there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I shift from one foot to the other, trying to get a good look at him. When I finally do, I look away. His eyes were already on me, probably drawn by my nervous movement.
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Inquisitiveness is self-serving, Johanna. -Marcus Eaton
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Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.
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I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.
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Life's something we already understand. Death is a mystery.
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Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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