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And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker it can make you deeper.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
World
Terrible
Dark
Hope
Doesn
Doe
Live
Darker
Even
Deeper
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Loss

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