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Childhood is a long, long road, from which that dark whispering forest of death seems an impossible destination.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Impossible
Dark
Death
Whispering
Seems
Forest
Long
Destination
Forests
Road
Childhood

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