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And he’s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel the Erudite, intelligent but vain the Amity, peaceful but passive the Candor, honest but inconsiderate the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.

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
Intelligent
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Amity
Loses
Selfless
Inconsiderate
Honest
Passive
Erudite
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Right
Peaceful
Abnegation
Every
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Dauntless
Something
Gains
Stifling
Brave
Candor

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