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This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Starts
Begins
Hope
Today
Everything
Love

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Read a book at the right age and it will stay with you for life.
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And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long time ago.
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