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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

Graham Greene

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
Trust
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Impossible
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Distrust
Faith
Cell
Without
Cells
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Oneself
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