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I don't think fake people living in a fake house in a fake suburb are any less dismissible or believable than a fake psychic attending a fake school in a fake town. Nothing's inherently believable about any kind of fiction, because all of it's untrue.

Heidi Julavits

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Heidi Julavits
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 20
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