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People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more
Sara Paretsky
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Sara Paretsky
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 8
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I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues
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I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.
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Nothing kinder than strangers. Nothing stranger than kindness.
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If you're born lucky, you don't have to be good.
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Sometimes life seems so painful it hurts even to move my arms.
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Rule number something or other -- never tell anybody anything unless you're going to get something better in return.
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