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Cecilia wondered, as she sometimes did when she met a man for the first time, if this was the one she was going to marry, and whether it was this particular moment she would remember for the rest of her life - with gratitude, or profound and particular regret.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
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Whether
Wondered
Men
Moment
Marry
Time
Moments
Mets
Life
Remember
Profound
Firsts
Gratitude
First
Regret
Sometimes
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Cecilia

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