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You're afraid of heights,'I say. 'How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?' 'I ignore my fear,' he (Four) says. 'When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

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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
Fear
Height
Doesn
Survive
Make
Decisions
Dauntless
Exist
Compound
Afraid
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Heights
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Ignore
Four
Pretend

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