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Watching people is a good hobby, but you have to be careful about it. You can’t let people catch you staring at them. If people catch you, they treat you like a first-class criminal. And maybe they’re right to do that. Maybe it should be a crime to try to see things about people they don’t want you to see.

Carol Rifka Brunt

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Carol Rifka Brunt
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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