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I will make a pact with you: I will do it if you will do it, always and forever. Take down the walls.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Take
Make
Always
Pact
Walls
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Forever

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