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Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.

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
Self
Adulthood
Stage
Age
Knowledge

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