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Now imagine a life in which every day a person is presented with not two or even three but dozens of choices, and you can begin to grasp why the modern world has become, even with all its advantages, a neurosis-generating machine of the highest order.

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