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October 1988 and I’m on a train heading out of Palermo, bound for Rome. The whole summer had been spent wandering slowly south on trains and zig zagging through Europe. There had never been a plan or a route. There wasn’t even a timetable. Just head south and stay away as long as the money
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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Confucius Yesterday The Guardian launched a campaign to change the world. More precisely, it launched a campaign for YOU to change he world. Yeah, YOU. I suppose the idea behind it is what reminded me of that Confucius quote. Sometimes it’s the small things
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“The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life” This strange, mysterious opening line is spoken with such an emptiness, with such resignation, you’re not sure whether to sit up and take notice or simply shrug it off. “The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life”.
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Before conceiving a child, it’s important to make several choices, to weigh up your options, because this is a serious business and it requires some serious methodology. Romance, love, companionship -nebulous notions like that, are not to be considered, so stop with all that nonsense right this minute. Love and procreation are seperable, so never
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