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It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But some dirt is destined to lingered.
Veronica Roth
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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.
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