“Siobhan says that if you raise one eyebrow it can means lots of different things. It can mean 'I want to do sex with you' and it can also mean 'I think what you just said was very stupid.”

—  Mark Haddon, book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Source: El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche

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