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" My dark secrets are life threatening. Pockets of unhappiness set in aspic that build and build. I have this primitive feeling that if something good happens, it is going to be followed by something bad. There is always a price to pay. "

Sue Townsend

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Sue Townsend

Been

Strange

" I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason. "

" Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other. "

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Sue Townsend

Teacher

Used

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Diabetic

Worst

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