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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.

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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
Infuriating
Tobias
Distance
Even
Sliver

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