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I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to feel you weren’t alone. Maybe God was simply that part of yourself that was always there and always strong, even when you were not.
Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
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