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If you take, we will take back. Steal from us, and we will rob you blind. When you squeeze, we will hit. This is the way the world is made now.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
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World
Squeeze
Steal
Stealing
Blind
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Take
Made

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