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Reading is such a huge part of my life.

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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
Huge
Reading
Part
Life

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I need the protection of seeming weak.
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I wonder if this is how is is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likable as good men.
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I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can 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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Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.
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...there is power in self-sacrifice.
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I take a deep breath. I'm not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but know that I've acknowledge it, it's impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. It writhes in my stomach and throat. I need to leave. I need the truth.
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You know what mom told me once? She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we're able to forgive them.
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He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face into his shoulder, and there is a sudden, hollow silence.
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Fear doesn't shut you down it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating. He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake.
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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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Don’t worry about me handling the pain, I say. I’ve had a lot of practice.
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Be careful, though. Aren't I always? No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.
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Yes, I say. Three of these flying birds. I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.
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A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
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I know some things--I know that I'm not alone, that I have friends, that I'm in love. I know that I don't want to die, and for me that's something--more than I could have said a few weeks ago.
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I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening.
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I wish we were alone,” he says. “I almost always wish that,” I say.
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He looks like a man who has spent most of his life frowning.
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He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
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