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Because life is not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you.

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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
Albert
Fairs
Fair
Life
World
Conspiring

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