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Do it fast, you pansycake.

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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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How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most relationships and friendships, and damage another.
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Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you, I say. Controlling you is.
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It is impossible to erase my choices.
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I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.
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I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.
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You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.
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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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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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How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me -- the boy whose real name is powerful enough to keep us alive in a train car full of enemies?
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The only reason I haven't shot you yet is because he's the one who should get to do it, I say. Stay away from him or I'll decide I no longer care.
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The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.
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You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across my face, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. I am too stunned to be angry. “I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say. “Who cares about everyone? What about me?
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It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.
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Oh, are we at the insult part of the breakup? she says. Because I got in a lot of practice after what happened with Will. I have several choice things to say about her nose.
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He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face into his shoulder, and there is a sudden, hollow silence.
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If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me over and over again too. So forgiveness isn't the point. What I really should have been trying to figure out is whether we were still good for each other or not
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