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He was like a child with haemophilia: every contact drew blood.

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
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Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
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As long as nothing happens anything is possible.
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Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates.
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