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My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.

Graham Greene

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
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Novelist
Playwright
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
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