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The whole point of growing up is learning to stay on the laughing side.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
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Growing
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Whole
Laughing
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Learning

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