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The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.

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Sebastian Faulks
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 20
Broadcaster
Journalist
Novelist
Parodist
Writer
Sebastian Charles Faulks
Difficulty
Pain
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Thing
Opium
Unimaginable

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