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I can admit, now, that I must have loved Lena. Not in an Unnatural way, but my feelings for her must have been a kind of sickness. How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust--and also to make you feel so whole?
Lauren Oliver
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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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