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That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me.

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Andre Dubus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 11
Died: 1999
Died: February 24
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Andre Jules Dubus II
Always
Cowardice
Vanity
Believed
Watching
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Everyone

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