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I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

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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
Honest
Four
Tris
Kind
Tobias
Divergent
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Someone shouts, Enough! and I think too much and nothing at all.
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Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.
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I wonder if this is how is is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likable as good men.
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I will be my undoing, If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love, If I do not serve them. I will war with others, If I refuse to see them. Therefore, I choose to turn away From my reflection, To rely not on myself But on my brothers and sisters, To project always outward Until I disappear [And only God remains.]
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It's what you deserve to hear, I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known.
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If you see someone in trouble, you should help them. Experiment or not.
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We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest. He clears his throat. I continually struggle with kindness.
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We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends?
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He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness afraid that he will make me bare too. ‘Is this scaring you, Tris?’ ‘No,’ I croak. I clear my throat. ‘Not really. I’m only…afraid of what I want.’ ‘What do you want?’ Then his face tightens. ‘Me?’ Slowly I nod.
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Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
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There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand
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I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct
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She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.
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Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now.
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Everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more.
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The shouts of triumph become infectious, and I lift my voice to join in, running toward my teammates. Christina holds the flag up high, and everyone clusters around her, grabbing her arm to lift the flag even higher. I can't reach her, so I stand off to the side, grinning. A hand touches my shoulder. Well done, Four says quietly.
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I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.
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Well, I already know what happened to my face, I say. I was there. Sort of
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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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Let me get this straight. So you left the Dauntless compound to get ready for war... and took your makeup bag with you? Yep. Figured it would be harder for anyone to shoot me if they saw how devastatingly attractive I was.
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