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I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead.

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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
Start
Moving
Fear
Crying
Something
Cry
Afraid
Instead
Move
Break

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