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What thought or message would you put in a fortune cookie? Stop reading this. Eat the cookie and live your life.

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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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Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.
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My Tris should look pale and small--she is pale and small, after all--but instead the room is full of her.
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His hands skim my bare arms. “Just bounce a little when you walk,” he says, kissing my forehead, “and pretend you’re afraid of their guns” —another kiss between my eyebrows— “and act like the shrinking violet you could never be ”—a kiss on my cheek— “and you’ll be fine.
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But please, when you see an opportunity... He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have to look at him. His eyes glint. They almost look predatory. Ruin them.
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I used to go outside every day and invent these elaborate worlds and scenarios in my head, and when I grew too old for playing pretend, I started to write everything down instead.
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I'll be your family now, he says. I love you, I say. He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response. He frowns at me. Say it again. Tobias, I say, I love you.
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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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I don't want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.
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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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If the Dauntless knew about this, everyone would be getting in line to learn how to drive it,” he says. “Including me.” “No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings.” Christina pokes his arm. “Don’t you know your own faction?
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I am afraid of her, afraid of what she says-and thrilled by it too, because it means I don't have to accept that I am smaller than I once believed.
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About when to let others sacrifice themselves for you, even if its selfish. They say that if the sacrifice is the ultimate way for that person to show you that they love you, let them do it.
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You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across my face, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry. “I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?
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I hold the gun out from my body, my arms straight, just as Four taught me, when that was his only name. I used a gun like this to defend my father and brother from simulation-bound Dauntless. I used it to stop Eric from shooting Tobias in the head. It is not inherently evil. It is just a tool.
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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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And sometimes, if you want the truth, you have to demand it.
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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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My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.
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You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life.
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