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Most people don't want to be saved. Besides, if you keep bailing everybody out, they'll never learn to paddle on their own.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
People
Bailing
Paddle
Besides
Saved
Everybody
Learn
Keep
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