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Treating an identity as an illness invites real illness to make a braver stand.

Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
Author
Clinical Psychologist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
Braver
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Invites
Illness
Identity
Stand
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