Niamh Cusack
Irish actress
Ulysses (I’ve only read the good bits).
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Failure & regret
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Time & hindsight
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Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …
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Overwhelming, discombobulating, irrational and unreasonable.
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