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Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Intimacy
Reached
Perhaps
Stage
Lasts
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Destroys

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