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It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil.

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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
Else
Someone
Giving
Life
Sacrifice
Evil
Away

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