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I seemed to have spent the whole time either reading, which I loved, or laughing, which I love, or fooling about, which I loved. There was the usual teenage angst: Nobody understands me and I'm the only genius in the world and all that stuff. But that didn't get very deep.

Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
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