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An eye for an eye. And the whole world goes blind, Coral puts in quietly.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Forgiving
Blind
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Whole
World
Coral
Quietly
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