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Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
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Louis Smith
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Thinking about life.
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Questions that I can’t answer – and that’s what becomes a book.
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To my parents, for being such a bitch.
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