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And you can't love, not fully, unless you are loved in return.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Requiem
Fully
Unless
Return
Loved
Love

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