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You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?

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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
Stupid
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