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Once described by his father, Birkenhead-born Ronnie ‘Ross’ MacManus, as a ‘left-of-centre anarchist’[5] in a Sunday Times interview, Declan Patrick MacManus was born in Paddington, London on 25 August 1955. An only child, he lived with his
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“It’s clearly not a topic he wants to give any oxygen to.”
― The Night She Disappeared
― The Night She Disappeared
“We didn't know then that the practice of burying emotions created adults who'd struggle to build meaningful relationships; some of us would eventually completely forget how to access true feelings”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
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