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Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says. it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Life
Dying
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Hurt
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