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Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.

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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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Dense
World
Inches
Collection
Collections
Doe
Look
Looks
Torso
Sometimes
Taller

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