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I need to live my life in the light of their deaths. I need to live.

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
Life
Deaths
Light
Live
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Needs

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