Alan Hollinghurst Quotes

I Think Being An Only Child Created In Me A Degree Of Self-reliance, Which I'm Glad Of. It Made Me Perfectly Happy With My Own Company And Perhaps Was Good Conditioning For The Protracted Solitude Of Writing Books As Slowly As I Do.

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