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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.
-Veronica Roth
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I Have Never Had Parents Who Set

Veronica Roth
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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