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If you cross a line and nothing happens, the line loses meaning.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Meaning
Line
Loses
Lines
Happens
Nothing
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Crosses

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