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No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
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Thin
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Friendship
Clothes
Fine
Grew
Friends
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