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You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

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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
Prepared
Less
Mother
Pants
Defend
Soil
Likely
Cry

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