He lied all the time even when there was no need to lie ... He needed a _history_ a sense of self. Burnside on his father p. 22
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Everything stayed hidden it was all secret known by anyone who cared to know but unacknowledged like a priests feverish brightness around adolescent boys or the beatings Mrs Wilson endured on those Saturdays when Dumfermline lost at homep. 8384
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All you have to do is choose the right day the right weather and you come upon a hidden place in the morning light where time stopped long before you were born
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