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I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

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
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Humans
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Tendency
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Thinking
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Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.
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The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.
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Four! I call out. Why am I calling a number? Oh yes. Because that's his name. — Tris.
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.
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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.
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she’s not pretty, that word is too small. She is not like the girls I used to stare at, all bend and curve and softness. She is small but strong, and her bright eyes demand attention. Looking at her is like waking up.
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But when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what you've done.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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