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Let the guilt teach you how to behave 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
Behave
Guilt
Teach
Next
Time

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