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I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.

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
Suppose
Brave
Longer
Either
Become
Must
Tris
Divergent
Selfless

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