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I was always depressed growing up. There wasnt a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot and that was how I dealt with it.

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
Growing
Read
Reason
Always
Morose
Dealt
Depressed
Cried
Wrote

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Just because we don't understand why they'd cover up something doesn't mean they aren't, Bobby said, and we both turned to look at him. Now you just sound paranoid, I said. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you, Bobby said with an expression so serious that I couldn't help but laugh.
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Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.
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