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I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, however hollow I became, however diseased.

John Fowles

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John Fowles
Age: 79 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 31
Died: 2005
Died: November 5
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Teacher
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Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
Hollow
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Knew
Living
Always
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Diseased

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