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It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

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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
Perfect
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Guilt
Awful
Grief
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