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I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

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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
Divergent
Selflessness
Bravery
Brave
Aren
Theory
Different

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