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You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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