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Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them.

Veronica Roth

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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
People
Indulge
Fear
Change
Always

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I should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I can’t hold a gun. But I have a knife in my back pocket.
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May the peace of God be with you, she says, her voice low, even in the midst of trouble. Why would it? I say softly, so no one else can hear. After all I've done... It isn't about you, she says. It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.
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You're the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will
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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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Honesty leads to peace.
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Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.
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There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.
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She is well practiced in the art of losing herself.
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?
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It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
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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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Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.
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Every question that can be answered must beanswered or at least engaged. Illogical thought processes must bechallenged when they arise.Wrong answers must be corrected.Correct answers must be affirmed. —From the Erudite faction manifesto
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'Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to write dystopian fiction, that's just what I had when I was finished. At the beginning, I was just writing about a place I found interesting and a character with a compelling story, and as I began to build the world, I realized that it was my utopia.
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Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.
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