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This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind.

Lauren Oliver

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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
Fear
True
Always
Never
People
Guessing
Blind
Completely

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