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Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is forgotten.

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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
Wrong
Pushing
Time
Forgiveness
Bitter
Anger
Forgotten
Memories
Dulls
Hurt
Continual
Maybe
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