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I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

- Sebastian Faulks
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Sebastian Faulks
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If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.

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The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

I think my generation has had an unbelievably easy time profiting from the world that was made for us by our parents and grandparents. We are essentially a rather frivolous generation. The Blair government was my generation's shot at power. It had some good things, but it had some flaws.

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I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.

I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.