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Is this freedom? Is it happiness? I don't know. I don't care anymore. It is different--it is being alive.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Alive
Happiness
Freedom
Care
Different
Anymore

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I love you. Remember. And someday, I will find you again.
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And you should hear the music. Incredible, amazing music, like nothing you've ever heard, music that almost takes your head off, you know? That makes you want to scream and jump up and down and break stuff and cry.
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