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I never wanted to live forever, she says. I just wanted enough time.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Never
Time
Life
Says
Forever
Wanted
Live
Enough

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