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The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.

Louis Kronenberger

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Louis Kronenberger
Age: 75 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
Critic
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Confidential
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