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My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.

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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Age: 52 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 31
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Autobiographer
Journalist
Lawyer
Writer
New York City
New York
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel
Ability
Renew
Understand
Utterly
Way
Failed
Time
Surprise
Love
Grow
People
Imagination
Grows
Passion

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