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Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it.

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
Believe
Love
People
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