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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.

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
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Father
Power
Give
Live
Giving
Divergent
Terror
Losing

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