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But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself.
Russell HobanAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 4, 1925
- Died: December 13, 2011
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