I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, how… - John Fowles

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I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, however hollow I became, however diseased.

John Fowles

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John Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist and essayist.

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I knew I would always want to go on living with myself, however hollow I became, however diseased. - John Fowles

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