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I traded cowardice for cruelty I traded weakness for ferocity.
Veronica Roth
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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Ferocity
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Cowardice
Cruelty
Weakness
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