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I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.

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
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Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression and you take away their motivation, or their ability to assert themselves. Take away their selfishness and you take away their sense of self-preservation.
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He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
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That's what love does. When it's right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.
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When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony when we go to dinner parties and everyone cleans together afterward without having to be asked when I see Caleb help strangers carry their groceries, I fall in love with this life all over again.
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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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They died for me,” I say. That feels important
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I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
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I might be in love with you. He smiles a little. I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
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I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.
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I started writing because I decided I was too old to play pretend in the backyard. Then I found that I could create those imaginary worlds on the page.
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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care how much money a person makes.
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Yes, I say. Three of these flying birds. I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.
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Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life
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That is death - shifting from is to was.
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Inquisitiveness is self-serving, Johanna. -Marcus Eaton
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Reading is such a huge part of my life.
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Leave her out of this Why? Because you're doing her? Oh wait, I forgot. Stiffs don't do that sort of thing
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I don't want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
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This was the first place I everfelt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.
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Fear doesn't shut you down it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating. He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake.
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