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I spent a lot of time waiting for things to happen to me, which is more or less as pathetic as it sounds.

Sloane Crosley

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Sloane Crosley
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 3
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
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