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No, you don't look at the cigarette, you look at me. When you light a cigarette you have to look the person in the eyes.

Ann Patchett

No, you don't look at the cigarette, you look at me. When you light a cigarette you have to look the person in the eyes.

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About Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), The Dutch House (2019), and Tom Lake (2023). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.