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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right.

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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
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True
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Still
Everything
Right
Tobias
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Pretend

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