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Marguerite Aldana · Sep 9, 2016 · 11 min

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Every few weeks I meet somebody who seems lit from somewhere behind the eyes. Such people turn up in any trade at all. They tend not to be very interested in themselves, and after an hour in their company you notice you have said far more than you meant to.