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I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Veronica Anne Roth
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