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I realize that I can be with someone, but on a deeper level I'm not available to them at all. I have attention deficit disorder of the soul.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Levels
Realizing
Attention
Deficit
Someone
Disorder
Soul
Available
Deeper
Level
Realize

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