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Maybe all of these different possibilities exist at the same time, like each moment we live has a thousand other moments layered underneath it that look different.

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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
Moment
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