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Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.

Chris Cleave

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
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Armistice
Reconciliation
Forgiveness
War
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