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That's what I've always found so pathetic about . They weep when they have a live glimpse of you, frame the fork you touched. Yet they're impervious to anything with that inspiration, like enriching their own lives. It drove Stanny-boy crazy. He used to say to me, ''—it was his nickname for me—', they see the films five times, write me fan letters, but the underlying meaning is lost on them. They take nothing away. Not heroism. Not courage. It's all just .

Marisha Pessl

That's what I've always found so pathetic about . They weep when they have a live glimpse of you, frame the fork you touched. Yet they're impervious to anything with that inspiration, like enriching their own lives. It drove Stanny-boy crazy. He used to say to me, ''—it was his nickname for me—', they see the films five times, write me fan letters, but the underlying meaning is lost on them. They take nothing away. Not heroism. Not courage. It's all just .

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About Marisha Pessl

Marisha Pessl (born October 26, 1977) is an American writer known for her novels Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Night Film, Neverworld Wake, and Darkly.