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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: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Loved
Love
Requiem
Fully
Unless
Return

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