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Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

Siri Hustvedt

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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
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Fortunately
Depression
Nothing
Done
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