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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

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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
Knowledge
Else
Valuing
Power
Lust
Men
Leads
Places
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