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But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.

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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
Looking
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People
Smart
Usually
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Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.
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Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris
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Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.
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Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.
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We are not the same. But we are, somehow, one.
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We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.
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People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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Do the elevators work? I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. Sure they do. says Zeke, rolling his eyes, You think I'm stupid enough not to come here early and turn on the emergency generator? Yeah, says Uriah. I kinda do.
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All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter.
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I'm sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what's wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face. A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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though he does not touch me, he steadies me.
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Evil depends on where you're standing.
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What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?
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We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.
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Al walks in, and I don't even have to ask him to help me, he just walks over and strips bedding with me. i will have to scrub the frame later. Al carries the stack of sheets to the trash and together we walk toward the training room. Ignore him, Al says. He's an idiot, and if you don't get angry, he'll stop eventually.
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His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pass, and the hole will be gone, like when an organ is removed and the body's fluids flow into the space it leaves. Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
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Fighting for survival in a shattered world... the truth is her only hope.
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And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.
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