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What I wished more than anything was that the thing hadn't happened at all, and I thought that by not mentioning it I'd be doing everyone else a favor.
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 8
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When a man induces his wife to turn suspicious thoughts against her own father, then that is surely cause enough for resentment.
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I think jogging is bad for your health. All that pressure on the knees and back cannot be good for you.
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One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.
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I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, and maybe even call.
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