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I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Essayist
Novelist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Braver
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Depression
Loneliness
Stronger
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