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That's when you really lose people, you know.When the pain passes.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Lose
Loses
Pain
Really
People
Passes

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