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It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Gift
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I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himself—when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it casually with a sleeve. I wonder what it feels like to volunteer to forget everything.
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The opinions of others cannot damage you.
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I might be in love with you. He smiles a little. I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.
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Really? I thought the transfers will go through Four’s landscape,” says Uriah. “Like he would let anyone do that,” she says, snorting. Something inside me gets warm and soft. He let me go through it.
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Resisting is worth doing.
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Yes, she says, her eyes bright with tears. My dear child, you've done so well.
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I don't believe it is more important to move forward than to know the truth.
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Where's Marcus, Destroyer of Lives, going to meet us?
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Looking at her is like waking up.
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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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There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused confessing just names the crimes at its full severity.
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Some people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not.
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I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head.
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Is there any other way to Erudite headquarters? I say. Not that I now of, says Cara. Unless you want to jump from one roof to another. She laughs a little as she says it, like it's a joke. I raise my eyebrows at her. Wait, she says. You aren't considering---?
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She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love, not misplace disgust for another person's genetics.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that something is a fake bathroom break.
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So now we all know, says Four, quietly, that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation. His mouth curls into a smile.
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So how can I hold Tobias’s desperation against him, like I’m better than him, like I’ve never let my own brokenness blind me?
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He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and kisses me, sending a warm ache through my body. I wrap my hands around his arm, holding him there as long as I can. When he touches me, the hollowed-out feeling in my chest and stomach is not as noticeable.
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