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We can never understand. We can only try, fumbling our way through the tunneled places, reaching for light.

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
Way
Never
Fumbling
Reaching
Places
Understand
Light
Trying

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