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

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
Fight
Fighting
Freedom
Wanted
Love
Choose

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