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I'm constantly having doubts and moments of depression and then excitement and then back into the slough of despond.

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Jeffrey Eugenides
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 8
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
Constantly
Doubt
Moments
Back
Despond
Slough
Doubts
Excitement
Depression

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