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I just want to be normal, like everybody else. Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
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Everybody
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