Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance…

Don DeLillo
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Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational. ✨ Don DeLillo (2011). Cosmopolis, p.55, Pan Macmillan
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