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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

Veronica Roth

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Veronica Anne Roth
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