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These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Safe
Days
Plunge
Seems
Frozen
Enough
River
Feels
Rivers
Always
Grief
Time
Danger
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Walking

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