A green wire doll and a red wire doll sitting shoulder to shoulder, the red one holding a small magnifying loop.

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Kathryn

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

— Cruel Intentions • 1999

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

This is the old maxim that you should keep allies near and rivals nearer still. The idea is that proximity lets you watch the people most likely to work against you, treating closeness as a form of surveillance.

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