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I think, in this strange world of beautiful things, there may be some humanity after all.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
May
Things
Think
Thinking
World
Strange
Humanity
Beautiful

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