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Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.
Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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Clinical Psychologist
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New York City
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I really feel that the Church leaders have blood on their hands. I feel that there are gay Mormons who have committed suicide or whose lives have been destroyed because of the attitude of the Church.
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I hate the comparative idea that you have to love your spouse more than you love your parents.
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