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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
Inside
Alive
War
Sometimes
Insurgent
Threatens
Destroy
Keeps

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Every question that can be answered must beanswered or at least engaged. Illogical thought processes must bechallenged when they arise.Wrong answers must be corrected.Correct answers must be affirmed. —From the Erudite faction manifesto
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