Carolina QuotesBut then my focus shifts and I find myself staring. I should be used to the way Americans dress when traveling, yet it still manages to amaze me. It's as if the person next to you had been washing shoe polish off a pig, then suddenly threw down his sponge saying, "Fuck this. I'm going to Los Angeles!"
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Essay, "Standing by." p.158
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“But then my focus shifts and I find myself staring. I should…” David Sedaris. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-204E081F09. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/204e081f09
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