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Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage.

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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
Life
Damages
Damage
Escape
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I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead.
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The battle we are fighting is not against a particular group. It is against human nature - or at least what it has become.
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I love you I say. I love you, too he says. I'll see you soon.
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I feel empty, not because of sadness, but because of relief, all the tension flowing out of me.
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The shouts of triumph become infectious, and I lift my voice to join in, running toward my teammates. Christina holds the flag up high, and everyone clusters around her, grabbing her arm to lift the flag even higher. I can't reach her, so I stand off to the side, grinning. A hand touches my shoulder. Well done, Four says quietly.
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He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. But not strength, not particularly-he is smart, but not strong. Only strong enough to carry me.
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When i get home, I sit on the front step and take deep breaths of the cool spring air for a few minutes. My mother was the one who taught me to steal moments like those, moments of freedom, though she didn't now it. I watched her... But I learned something else from watching her too, which is that the free moments always have to end.
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Peter leans forward and looks into my eyes. The serum will go into effect in one minute, he says. Be brave, Tris. My heart begins to race. Why would Peter tell me to be brave? Why would he offer any kind words at all?
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In 'Insurgent' we realise how large the world really is
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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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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. Wake. Up, Four snaps. You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.
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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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I should probably be afraid. But instead a hysterical laugh bubbles inside me, because I just remembered something: Maybe I can’t hold a gun. But I have a knife in my back pocket.
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Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there's nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Other people's sobs make me feel uncomfortable.
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He pus his lips next to my ear and says, “You look good, Tris.
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What did you do? I scream. You die, I die too.
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