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Direction, like time, is a general thing, the deprived of boundaries and borders. It is an endless process interception and reinterception, doubling back and adjusting.

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
Time
Borders
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Boundaries
Endless
Direction
General
Interceptions
Process
Doubling
Back
Adjusting
Thing
Deprived

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