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I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
Author
Clinical Psychologist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
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Beauty

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