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You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
St. Petersburg
Kitten
Drown
Blue
Eyes
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