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I've Noticed Lately That It Seems Most Intimate To Not Use Any Closing On Your E-mail At All, Because It Seems To Make It Feel Like You Are Engaged In An Ongoing Conversation - As If This One E-mail Doesn't Represent The Beginning And End Of The Interaction But Is Just Part Of A Perpetual Loop Of Friendly Back-and-forth.

-Susan Orlean

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I've Noticed Lately That It Seems Most

Susan Orlean

I've Noticed Lately That It Seems Most Intimate To Not Use Any Closing On Your E-mail At All, Because It Seems To Make It Feel Like You Are Engaged In An Ongoing Conversation - As If This One E-mail Doesn't Represent The Beginning And End Of The Interaction But Is Just Part Of A Perpetual Loop Of Friendly Back-and-forth.

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