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Conformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs.

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
Reign
Conformity
Ultimately
May
Suburb
Always
Governs
Suburbs
Bourgeois
Prosperous

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