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Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the wiry muscles in her arms or the black ink marking her collarbone with flight.

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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
Looks
Standing
Collarbone
Sometimes
Arms
Gentler
Long
Strength
Marking
Like
Forget
Ink
Black
Muscles
Stills
Flight
Still
Parts
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