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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.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Westchester County
New York
Picked
Rest
Hell
Stop
Tell
Make
Love
World

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