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Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.

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
Friendship
Return
Soul
Feels
Thing
Something

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