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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
Submissive
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Challenges
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Away

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I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. Hey, Peter, I say, Remember what a target is?
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Human reason can excuse any evil.
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She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.
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Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
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If I don't survive, I say, tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.
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Do the elevators work? I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. Sure they do. says Zeke, rolling his eyes, You think I'm stupid enough not to come here early and turn on the emergency generator? Yeah, says Uriah. I kinda do.
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I suppose everything is bound to look different when you aren't on your way to die.
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Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.
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Don't pretend, I say Breathily. You know I'm not. I'm not ugly, but I am certainly not pretty. Fine. You're not pretty. So? He kisses my cheek. I like how you look. You're deadly smart. You're brave.
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That is death - shifting from is to was.
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Looks like someone had a mood swing.” She rolls her eyes. “Like you don’t want to know what his fears are. He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something.
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Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.
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Just do what you're supposed to.
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And now that you are out? How does the world seem to you? he says. Mostly the same, I say. People are just divided by different things, fighting different wars.
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From your results I have determined that you are one of the strongest Divergent, which I say not to compliment you but to explain my purpose. If I am to develop a simulation that cannot be thwarted by the Divergent mind, I must study the strongest Divergent mind in order to shore up all weaknesses in the technology.
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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.
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