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I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

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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
Mind
Things
Think
Surprise
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Space
Change
Important
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Someone shouts, Enough! and I think too much and nothing at all.
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He bends over to untie his shoes. “So, have you been ostracized from your little crowd of devotees?” “No,” I say automatically. Then I add, “Maybe. But they aren’t my devotees.” “Please. They’re like the Cult of Four.” I can’t help but laugh. “Jealous? Wish you had a Cult of Psychopaths to call your very own?
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Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.
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To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.
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If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.
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I wake wondering how I did not notice, every day I sat across from her at the breakfast table, that she was full to bursting with Dauntless energy. Was it because she hid it well? Or was it because I wasn't looking?
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I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.
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Some people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not.
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I was so afraid that we would just keep colliding over and over again if we stayed together, and that eventually the impact would break me. But now I know I am like the blade and he is like the whetstone- I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.
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You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.
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Half of bravery is perspective.
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From one tyrant to another. That is the world we know, now
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Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.
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Why are you constantly escorting me places?” I say. “Isn’t there a depraved activity you’re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?
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This is how we came by our factions: Candor, Erudite, Amity, Abnegation and Dauntless. Max smiles. In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we find our sense of belonging, our sense of community, our very lives.
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He's one of the last friends I have, she says, her voice breaking. I don't know if I'll ever be able to look at you the same way again.
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Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human
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What makes you different, makes you dangerous.
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You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.
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If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.
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