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My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press.

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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
Push
Presses
Press
Instinct
Break
Firsts
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