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We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.

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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
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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Well, half of half our faction.' 'In some circles they call that a quarter, Mar,' Lynn says.
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