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There’s too much love in the world. Sometimes I think that’s what heaven is---- a place where everybody’s happy because nobody loves anybody else, ever.

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
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