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So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks.

"Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?"

"I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used to be an inmate. Repeat offender. Crimes against my body. Puking sickness followed by heroin, which led to more puking sickness." I'd be surprised at her forthrightness, but that's addicts for you. The twelve steps crack 'em open and then they can't shut up.


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LAUREN MYRACLE A man or woman who travels in the end will never be kept. But if you understand that person well eno...
LAUREN KLARFELD Don’t just love a person for the image, idea or concept of them, but love them for every fantastic...
LAUREN KLARFELD My dad is very down to earth, and I view him as a creative genius, and I am very proud of that.
DYLAN LAUREN In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the...
LAUREN OLIVER I always think family get-togethers when everybody just sort of crashes out are pretty much the best...
LAUREN COHAN I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The L...
LAUREN WEISBERGER What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, b...
LAUREN MYRACLE 'Purple Plumeria' I dithered over for months and then wrote the whole thing between the begi...
LAUREN WILLIG Blogging is a great way to show your talents and interests to prospective employers, while adding an...
LAUREN CONRAD At some point, I fell in love. Shortly thereafter, I got my heart broken. Sniff, sniff. And I realiz...
LAUREN KATE I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and sch...
DYLAN LAUREN I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intelle...
LAUREN POTTER When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of t...
LAUREN BACALL I'm not completely vegan - my diet's probably about 80 percent plant based, but I do eat som...
LAUREN BOWLES Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.
LAUREN CONRAD I love to bake! I have a huge sweet tooth, and I love to make things like zucchini muffins, you know...
LAUREN BOWLES I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like ca...
DYLAN LAUREN I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or ...
LAUREN GRAHAM If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Oth...
DYLAN LAUREN Barbra Streisand has always been an inspiration for me. I admire Jennifer Lopez because she's be...
LAUREN LONDON I love Barbra Streisand. Anybody who knows me knows I just love her, love her, love her!
LAUREN LONDON Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life,...
LAUREN BUSH I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love goi...
LAUREN AMBROSE Give your kid some credit for being smart - just because they read about something doesn't mean ...
LAUREN MYRACLE Being responsible for another human life terrifies me, because I kill plants.
LAUREN CONRAD There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well.
LAUREN HUTTON Alicia Silverstone from 'Clueless' plays the role of the quintessential buttoned-up beauty w...
LAUREN KATE You do not exist to serve the illusion. The illusion exists to serve you.
LAUREN ZIMMERMAN Everyone is asleep. They've all been asleep for years. You seemed ... awake.' Alex is whispering now...
LAUREN OLIVER I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took
LAUREN OLIVER You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to p...
LAUREN OLIVER It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking f...
LAUREN OLIVER What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their...
LAUREN OLIVER This is my story. These things are my past, and I will not allow them to be washed away. I will find...
LAUREN DESTEFANO I am intrigued. I am fearless.
LAUREN DESTEFANO I am charming. I am fearless.
LAUREN DESTEFANO Just being alive feels so arduous that all I want to do is climb under the covers and sleep.
LAUREN DESTEFANO I hold on because you never know in this place when something good will be taken away.
LAUREN DESTEFANO They're dead. We're alive. We have things to do.
LAUREN DESTEFANO There are lots of love stories here," she says. "They either end happily, or everyone dies." She lau...
LAUREN DESTEFANO I rip my handout of hers, and I want to back away. I want to get as far from her as I can, but for s...
LAUREN DESTEFANO Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times....
LAUREN DESTEFANO It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive.
LAUREN DESTEFANO I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than exp...
LAUREN DESTEFANO