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You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human female and male alike, that someone existed out in the forest of the world for you to love and marry.

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Jonathan Lethem
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: February 19
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New York City
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Jonathan Allen Lethem
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