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In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.

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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
Grief
Follow
Movement
Days
Helping
Keep
Tobias
Stillness
Helps

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