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That is how it feels. Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I cant tell the difference between any of them.

Veronica Roth

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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
Tell
Together
Everything
Twisted
Feels
Cant
Love
Friendship
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Difference
Differences
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But now I’m wondering if I need it anymore, if we ever really need these words, “Dauntless,” “Erudite,” “Divergent,” “Allegiant,” or if we can just be friends or lovers or siblings, defined instead by the choices we make and the love and loyalty that binds us.
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I am a naturally curious person. -Tris
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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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He looks like a man who has spent most of his life frowning.
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Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.
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Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.
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I traded cowardice for cruelty I traded weakness for ferocity.
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Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.
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I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.
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He moves his thumb in a slow circle over the back of my hand. It is meant to comfort me, but it frustrates me instead. I need to talk to him. I need to look at him.
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God Tris, are you even human?
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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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Be careful, though. Aren't I always? No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.
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