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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.

Veronica Roth

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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
Littles
Messed
Little
Depressing
Mean
Vision
Really
Maybe
Think
Actually
Thinking
Perfect
World
Understand
Means

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