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I'm grateful for a lot of things. One is not being a drunk wreck. Or losing all four limbs in some ridiculous East Village bus accident that I was so destined for.
Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
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