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Frederick Exley

Frederick Earl "Fred" Exley (March 28, 1929 – June 17, 1992) was an American writer best known as the author of the fictional memoir A Fan's Notes.

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Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was, a depressant to check the mental exhilaration produced by extended sobriety.

Depressant, Drunk, Men, Mental, Sobriety

In football a man was asked to do a difficult and brutal job, and he either did it or got out.

Asked, Brutal, Football, Jobs, Men

I wanted to lie hour after hour on a couch, pouring out the dark, secret places of my heart--do this feeling that over my shoulder sat humanity and wisdom and generosity, a munificent heart--do this until that incredibly lovely day when the great man would say to me, his voice grave and dramatic with discovery: "This is you, Exley. Rise and go back into the world a whole man.

Dark, Discovery, Heart, Lie, Lying, Sat

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