A Quote by Lauren Oliver

people do terrible things, sometimes, for the best reasons.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
American - Author
Born: November 8, 1982

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Allison Janney

The fact that evil exists in the world bothers me. I think that people do terrible things for ideological or political reasons. I think that evil stems from ideology. People are taught to hate.

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