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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Veronica Anne Roth
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No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity.
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Which means that in order to defeat her, I have to think of a way to defeat myself. And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am?
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You can't be fearless, remember? Because you still care about things. About your life.
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I met him while I was imprisoned, I say, and my voice sounds far away even to me. I was just curious. I wouldn't judge him too harshly, says Fernando. Jeanine can be extraordinarily persuasive to those who aren't naturally suspicious. I have always been naturally suspicious. ... Yeah, I say. So have I.
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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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Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care how much money a person makes.
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Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.
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But now I know how large the world is... Well. I suppose I have grown to large out of my faction. As a consequence.
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He smiles in my memory. A curled lip. Straight teeth. Light in his eyes. Laughing, teasing, more alive in memory than I m in reality. It was him or me. I chose me. But I feel dead too.
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Honesty leads to peace.
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I forget that he is another person instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm.
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Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.
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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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Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
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