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I know that I am birdlike, made narrow and small as if for taking flight, built straight-waisted and fragile. But when he touches me like he can't bear to take his hand away, I don't wish I was any different.

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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
Hands
Bear
Take
Bears
Different
Built
Waisted
Made
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Touches
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Hand
Narrow
Small
Fragile
Wish
Flight
Away
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