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That's what opium does to suffering: makes it of hypothetical interest only.

Sebastian Faulks

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Sebastian Faulks
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 20
Broadcaster
Journalist
Novelist
Parodist
Writer
Sebastian Charles Faulks
Opium
Suffering
Interest
Makes
Doe
Hypothetical

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