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There you are, sir. There's nothing more than to love and be loved.
Sebastian Faulks
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Sebastian Faulks
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 20
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Journalist
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Sebastian Charles Faulks
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The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.
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It was entirely silent and I tried to breathe its peace.
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I don't like being rumbled, I like to be invisible.
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My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.
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