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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 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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I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior
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I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left [the gun] upstairs.
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I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.
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I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.
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In that moment I know exactly what I want I want to peel away all the layers of clothing between us, strip away everything that separates us, the past and the present and the future.
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Stiff. That’s why you’re strong, get it? - Tobias Eaton
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So small as to be negligible. It's strange, but there's something in that thought that makes me feel almost...free.
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We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.
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What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty? she says after a few minutes of silence have passed. Honestly? Does now seem like the time for honesty? I look at her from the corner of my eye. I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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