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Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.
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A. N. Wilson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: January 1
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On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes.
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