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I feel like someone is pressing me into a mold that does not fit my body, forcing me intothe wrong shape.

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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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Pressing
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