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But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.

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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
Actually
Fear
Dauntless
Fearless
Saws
Control
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