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Think what it would be like if you got back to your island and there was no old man, no girl any more. No mysterious fun and games. The whole place locked up forever.
Think what it would be like if you got back to your island and there was no old man, no girl any more. No mysterious fun and games. The whole place locked up forever.
Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern
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- John Fowles
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- Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1926 to 2005; Wikidata Q214660, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214660 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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