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What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins only after we have left home; it is really only with other people that we become Irishmen.

Peter Ackroyd

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Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English novelist, critical biographer, poet and children's writer.

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