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Sometimes I see him as just another person, and sometimes I feel the sight of him in my gut, like a deep ache.

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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Ache
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