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. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

Bryce Courtenay

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Bryce Courtenay
Age: 79 †
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
Died: 2012
Died: November 22
Novelist
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Arthur Bryce Courtenay
Greatest
Child
Thought
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Besides
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Adult
Children
Independence
Love
Adults
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