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I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.
Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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Then I repeated these words to my spirits: 'Leave me be give me peace and let me do the work of my life. I will never forget you.' Something about that incantation was particularly appealing to me. 'I will never forget you'-- as though one had to address the pride of the spirits, as though one wanted them to feel good about being exorcised.
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