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A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Thing
Easily
People
Material
Mending
Materials
Mended
Among
Repairing
Break
Atonement
Else
Torn
Persons
Novelists
Person
Vulnerable

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