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You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.

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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
Pride
Laughing
Unfavorable
Truth
Abnegation
Used
Blinds
Something
Assume
People
Assuming
Obviously
Laugh

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