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This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Become
Way
Requiem
Love
Warriors
World
Warrior
People
Forced
Instead
Strange
Simply

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