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But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.

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
Anything
Slowly
Time
Forward
Build
City
Flicker
Cities
Airy
Feet
Scrap
Future
Foot
Desire
Ruins

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