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We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven't chosen at all.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Forward
Requiem
Step
Squeezed
Choice
Pushed
Steps
Chosen
Choices
Suddenly
Another
Road
Find
Havens
Always
Haven

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