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Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. Some things are so sad that only your soul can do the crying for them.

Gregory David Roberts

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
Author
Novelist
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Melbourne
Australia
Heart
Deep
Sink
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Help
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Crying
Life
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Truths
Feelings
Loneliness
Soul
Painful
Find
Shame
Live
Cry

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