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For a second I feel a rush of sadness: for the horizons that vanish behind us, for the people we leave behind, the tiny-doll selves that get stored away and ultimately buried.

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
Feels
Tiny
Vanish
People
Behinds
Dolls
Behind
Selves
Second
Rush
Leave
Horizon
Away
Buried
Doll
Self
Ultimately
Horizons
Feel
Sadness
Stored

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