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Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

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
Away
Submissive
Challenge
Challenges
Looking
Eye

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Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.
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Eric walks toward me, and I back away by instinct. I try not to be afraid of him, but I know how smart he is and that if I’m not careful he’ll notice that I keep staring at her, and that will be my undoing.
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I can't force you. I can't make you want to survive this. He pulls me against him and runs his hand over my hair, tucking it behind my ear. His fingers trail down my neck and over my shoulder, and he says, But you will do it. It doesn't matter if you believe you can or not. You will, because that's who you are.
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I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head.
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Blood is a strange color. It's darker than you expect it to be.
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Tris, said tobias. I love you
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I love you I say. I love you, too he says. I'll see you soon.
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What makes you different, makes you dangerous.
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We are not the same. But we are, somehow, one.
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It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and all the others that carried me through the city, my city, after I was brave enough to ride them. I brush my fingers over the car wall, just once, and then jump.
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Aren’t you going to ask me if I’m all right?” I say. “No, I’m pretty sure you’re not all right.” He shakes his head. “I’m going to ask you not to make any decisions until we’ve talked about it.
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No factions? A world in which no one knows who they are or where they fit? I can't even fathom it. I imagine only chaos and isolation.
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Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.
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You always look like someone's sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you. -Tris
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I'm going to stop a revolution,'' I say. I turn right, and Peter follows me.
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He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It's my choice.
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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.
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Where's Marcus, Destroyer of Lives, going to meet us?
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Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.
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