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Nick Hornby, About a Boy Quotes: Will wrestled with his conscience, grappled it to the ground and sat on it until he couldn't hear a squeak out of it.
         

Will wrestled with his conscience, grappled it to the ground and sat on it until he couldn't hear a squeak out of it.


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Will wrestled with his conscience, grappled it to the ground and sat on it until he couldn't hear a squeak out of it.
         



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