"Sometimes I wish that I hadn't learned how……" — David Nicholls
"Sometimes I wish that I hadn't learned how to crochet," I say, and Alice laughs. Obviously she thinks I'm joking, which is maybe for the best."
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151 Quotes by David Nicholls
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