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I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave

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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
Makes
Today
Someday
Brave
Proud
Trouble

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