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I love that sound,' he mumbled into her hair. 'Blackbirds at dawn.' 'I hate it. Makes me think I've done something I'll regret.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Thinking
Hair
Sound
Hate
Makes
Done
Mumbled
Something
Blackbirds
Love
Dawn
Think
Regret

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