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I like to think that it isn't weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
Author
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Belfast
Ireland
Kindness
Stand
Think
Evasion
Thinking
Oblivion
Like
Final
Finals
Despair
Weakness

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