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I felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness.
Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Stunned
Furious
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Deeply
Emotion
Felt
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Tricked
Numbness
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