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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: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Strange
Simply
Become
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Love
Warriors
World
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People
Forced
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