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I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
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I'm just not prepared to be treated like this anymore.' 'Treated like what?' She sighed, and it was a moment before she spoke. 'Like you always want to be somewhere else, with someone else.
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Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you
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Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.
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