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In a world without love, this is what people are to each other: values, benefits, and liabilities, numbers and data. We weigh, we quantify, we measure, and the soul is ground to dust.

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
World
Dust
People
Ground
Benefits
Liabilities
Numbers
Quantify
Values
Liability
Soul
Weigh
Without
Data
Love
Measure

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