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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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Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.
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Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.
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You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.
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But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.
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You don’t believe things because they make your life better, you believe them because they’re true.
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He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying.
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going.
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I have a message for the Divergent I am Divergent. This is not a negotiation No, it is not. It is a warning I understand. Every two days until one of you delivers yourself to Erudite headquarters . . . I will. . . . this will happen again It will never happen again.
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Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.
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Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.
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For someone so small, you're heavy, Stiff, he mutters.
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Ignore them. They don't know what it is to make a difficult decision. You wouldn't have done it, I bet. That is only because I have been taught to be cautious when I don't know all the information, and you have been taught that risks can produce great rewards.
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Before she got here everything had stalled inside me, and every morning I was just moving toward nighttime.
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