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Maybe there's more we all could have done, but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time.

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
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Better
Done
Time
Remind
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