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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained this is free.

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
Free
Table
Peace
Tables
Around
Dinner
Restrained
Never
Large
Clamor
People
Hundred
Listened
Boys
Carried
Hurt
Stomach
Talking
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