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Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge.

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
Thing
Wispy
Love
Delirium
Edge
Edges
Bigger
Longer
Single
Word

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