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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
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Veronica Anne Roth
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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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I look out the window again, taking slow, deep breaths into a body too tense to move. And as I stare out at the land, I think that this, if nothing else, is compelling evidence for my parents’ God, that our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel. -Tris Prior
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I also don't believe that whatever come after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions-that sounds too much like an Erudite afterlife to me, all accuracy and no feeling.
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And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.
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I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that's true of beginnings, but it's not true of this, now.
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In 'Insurgent' we realise how large the world really is
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I don't have a bullet in my head, do I? So I'm fine.
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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.
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I settle into their pace. The uniform pounding of feet in my ears and the homogeneity of the people around me makes me believe that I could choose this. I could be subsumed into Abnegation’s hive mind, projecting always outward.
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Are you conceding?' he says, his mouth falling open with mock surprise. 'Seems like that serum did you some good after all...' I shove him as hard as I can. 'Take that back. Take it back now.' 'Okay, okay!' He puts up his hands. 'It's just... I'm not very nice either, you know. That's why I like you so- ' 'Out!' I shout, pointing at the door.
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I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.
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You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl. I roll my eyes. Not claustrophobic people, Tris.
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Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.
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Caleb, I say, I love you. His eyes gleam with tear as he says, I love you, too, Beatrice.
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I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.
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I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.
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Instead I just let the silence stretch out between us. It's the only adequate response to what he just told me, the only that does the tragedy any justice instead of patching it hastily and moving on.
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Sorry, am I being rude? she asks. I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging
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The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.
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You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.
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