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We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.

We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.

Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern

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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1969; activity date not established; Wikidata Q231424, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231424 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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