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The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Self
Devoted
Would
Attraction
Time
Plenty
Life
Wear
Probably
Pleasure
Sensation
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Sensations
Still
Thin

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