When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world

Nick Hornby
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When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world - reading, eating, sleeping - has something buried somewhere inside it that just makes you unhappier. ✨ Nick Hornby (2005). A Long Way Down, p.137, Penguin UK
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When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world - reading, eating, sleeping - has something buried somewhere inside it that just makes you unhappier. ✨ Nick Hornby (2005). A Long Way Down, p.137, Penguin UK

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