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I love you I say. I love you, too he says. I'll see you soon.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it, I say. Stay away from him or I'll decide I no longer care.
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she’s not pretty, that word is too small. She is not like the girls I used to stare at, all bend and curve and softness. She is small but strong, and her bright eyes demand attention. Looking at her is like waking up.
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Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.
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That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?
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It's not often real that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest part of someone. It's not comfortable what you do.
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Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
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It's time to be with my brother now
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You won, Four mutters. Stop. I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide they look alarmed.
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He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.
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What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong.
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In order to have peace, we must first have trust.
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I would rather be dead than empty
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Which means that in order to defeat her, I have to think of a way to defeat myself. And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am?
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Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it. (divergent pg.138)
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You need to be passionate about the creative work that you're doing, but you need to be kind of emotionally separated from how people react to it or how it does. Those things should be secondary, and primary should be your love of the creative act.
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Oh. I just assumed... That because I am so absorbed by him everyone must be too.
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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
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From one tyrant to another. That is the world we know, now
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Tris, he says. What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic. That's not very nice of you to say, I say. They put me in a good mood, that's all. And now I really want to kiss you, so if you could just relax-
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I can't force you. I can't make you want to survive this. He pulls me against him and runs his hand over my hair, tucking it behind my ear. His fingers trail down my neck and over my shoulder, and he says, But you will do it. It doesn't matter if you believe you can or not. You will, because that's who you are.
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