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One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you.

Veronica Roth

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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
Insurgent
Transform
Define
Destroy
Choice
Choices

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