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Some things are hard to let go of.

Veronica Roth

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Tobias
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I traded cowardice for cruelty I traded weakness for ferocity.
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I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. She is well-practiced in the art of losing herself. I can't say the same of myself.
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I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
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But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.
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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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I decide to do what I always do when I'm not sure what's going on: I act like everyone else.
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I’d rather eat out of a can than be strangled by a faction.
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I kiss him as the train slides into unlit, uncertain land. I kiss him for as long as I want, for longer than I should, given that my brother sits three feet away from me.
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Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human
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