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It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

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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
Firsts
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Right
People
Broken
Hurt
Wish
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