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It's unthinkable not to love - you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin.

Lawrence Durrell

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Lawrence Durrell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 1
Died: 1990
Died: November 8
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