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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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“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
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ”
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― J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Lives and Works of the World’s Most Famous Fantasy Authors
“It’s clearly not a topic he wants to give any oxygen to.”
― The Night She Disappeared
― The Night She Disappeared
“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
“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
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