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I weaned myself on the nostalgia equivalent of methadone (less addictive, less obvious, less likely to make you crazy): missing what I had never had.

Tana French

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Tana French
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 10
Actor
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Stage Actor
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Nostalgia
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Methadone
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