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You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more dangerous thing to have than hope like yours.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Seems
Everything
Okay
Thing
Seem
Going
Dangerous
Way
Imagine
Make
Looking
Things
Though
Like
Hope

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