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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
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Pact
Walls
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Forever
Take
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Always

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