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There's nothing more aggravating in the world than the midnight sniffling of the person you've decided to hate.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Decided
Hate
Persons
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Nothing
World
Aggravating
Midnight

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