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I start to feel like I can't maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

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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
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Oh, Ma, you're looking at all the trees, and I'm not even in the forest.
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That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.
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I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.
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