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I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up.
Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
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