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Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.' To live alone?' To live. With what you are.

John Fowles

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John Fowles
Age: 79 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 31
Died: 2005
Died: November 5
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
Suffering
Learn
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Greece
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Mirror
Mirrors
Suffer
Alone

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