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We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Love
Choose
Fight
Fighting
Freedom
Wanted

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