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I still love you. And sometimes, my friend, the love that I have, and can't give to you, crushes the breath from my chest. Sometimes, even now, my heart is drowning in a sorrow that has no stars without you, and no laughter, and no sleep.

Gregory David Roberts

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
Author
Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Heart
Stars
Chests
Love
Stills
Crush
Give
Breath
Still
Breaths
Without
Laughter
Sometimes
Sorrow
Crushes
Giving
Friend
Drowning
Even
Sleep
Chest

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