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And for a moment―for a split second―everything else falls away, the whole pattern and order of my life, and a huge joy crests in my chest. I am no one, and I owe nothing to anybody, and my life is my own.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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