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My parents did love each other. Enough to forsake plans and factions. Enough to defy “faction before blood.” Blood before faction--no, love before faction, always. - Tris Prior
Veronica Roth
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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Veronica Anne Roth
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