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Lovers are weapons, but love is a wound.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Love
Wound
Wounds
Lovers
Weapons

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