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That’s what made it so frightening to the lawmakers: Love obeys no laws other than its own.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
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Lawmakers
Obeys
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