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They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges. I know these guys very well. ... Then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity but he always does that.

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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