No one's perfect, I whisper. It doesn't work that way. One bad thing g…

Veronica Roth
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No one's perfect, I whisper. It doesn't work that way. One bad thing goes away, and another bad thing replaces it. I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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No one's perfect, I whisper. It doesn't work that way. One bad thing goes away, and another bad thing replaces it. I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.

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