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No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go to hell.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
World
Picked
Rest
Hell
Stop
Tell
Make
Love

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