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She was looking for something I could never give her. Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. You have something of the same about you, young woman. Take my advice: Don't think you will find it in another person. You won't. It's not there. You must find it in yourself.

Iain Pears

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Iain Pears
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 8
Art Historian
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Iain George Pears
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