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It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew.

Alison Bechdel

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Alison Bechdel
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Novelist
Writer
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Alison J. Bechdel
Cycles
Isolated
Genius
Grew
Though
Geniuses
Found
Gratification
Cycle
Vicious

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