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Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

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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
Heroes
Improve
Later
Hero
Dead
Forget
Time
People
Disappoint

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