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Nothing has ever been so painful or delicious as being so close to him and being unable to do anything about it: like eating ice cream so fast on a hot day you get a splitting headache.

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
Close
Delicious
Anything
Unable
Ever
Cream
Nothing
Ice
Like
Hot
Painful
Delirium
Fast
Splitting
Eating
Headache

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