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Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.

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
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Follow
Plans
Fear
Accident
Accidents
Fixed
Rule

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