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You came form different starts and you'll come to different ends.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
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Don't worry about what you're writing or whether it's good or even whether it makes sense.
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If singing were a feeling it would be this, this light, this lifting, like laughing.
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Raven jerks and stiffens. For a second, I think she is only surprised: Her mouth goes round, her eyes wide. Then she begins teetering backward, and I know that she is dead. Falling, falling, falling . . .
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So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You know I can't resist a damsel in distress.
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That's the thing about faith. It works.
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I think of Grace and feel a sharp pain in my chest.
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I’ve never really had a party before.” “Why did you have one now?” I say, just to keep him talking. He gives a half laugh. “I thought if I had a party, you would come.
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