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Memory changes as a person matures.

Siri Hustvedt

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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
Novelist
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Writer
Northfield
Minnesota
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Pain is always emotional. Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting.
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