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My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Window
Outside
Makes
Feel
Feels
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Fogs
World
Fog
Car

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