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What he's really saying is: Please be a human being. With a life so full of rules and regiments, it's so easy to forget that's what they are. She knows—she sees—how often compassion takes a back seat to expediency.
Neal Shusterman
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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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