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

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