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

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