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When he speaks again, I can tell that he's smiling. So I guess we saved each other.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Smiling
Speaks
Saved
Guess
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