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Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a savage, but there is also happening tenderness and compassion.

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
Men
Brother
Love
Inside
People
Everyone
Savage
Also
Savages
Care
Tenderness
Need
Happenings
Take
Happening
Needs
Compassion

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