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Everything is cyclical. Historical eras go through times of intense cynicism, broken by periods of intense idealism.

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Lauren Groff
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 23
Novelist
Writer
Cooperstown
New York
Cynicism
Eras
Intense
Historical
Periods
Broken
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Cyclical
Everything
Idealism

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