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I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul.

Chris Cleave

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
World
Hopes
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Inside
Soul
Human
Humans
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