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Sometimes I feel like there is so much to be afraid of, and sometimes I feel like there is nothing left to fear.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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