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you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Lost
Aimless
Littles
Alright
Little
Twenty
Right
Twenties
Feel
Meant
Feels
Okay
Life
Bits
Like
Four
Rudderless

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