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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.

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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
War
Sometimes
Insurgent
Threatens
Destroy
Keeps
Inside
Alive

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