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That I grew old.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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View profile →There's a man at the tube who hands out ShortList magazine. He has never given up trying to make me take one. I admire that.
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On my honeymoon in Lapland.
Sometimes the overwhelming realisation that I will one day die; but mostly that ShortList man from the tube throwing stones at my window.
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