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The last laugh, the last cup of coffee, the last sunset, the last time you jump through a sprinkler, or eat an ice-cream cone, or stick your tongue out to catch a snowflake. You just don't know.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Sticks
Snowflake
Coffee
Sunset
Tongue
Cream
Laugh
Jump
Laughing
Ice
Lasts
Cups
Last
Catch
Cone
Time
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Cones

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