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I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.

I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.

Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Sebastian Faulks
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Sebastian Faulks: documented activity in 1984. Wikidata Q443055, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443055 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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