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“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― Vertigo
― Vertigo
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― Pillow Talk in Europe and Other Places
― Pillow Talk in Europe and Other Places
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― Zazie in the Metro
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― Dot in the Universe
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