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My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

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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
Terror
Losing
Says
Father
Power
Give
Live
Divergent
Giving

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