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Ah, love. That’s what the world has lost. There’s no more love, only the illusion of it.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 39
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Illusion
Lost
Love
World

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