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One of the ironies of courage, and the reason why we prize it so highly, is that we find it easier to be brave for someone else than we do for ourselves alone.
Gregory David Roberts
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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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At first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. What we should fear and dread, of course, is that we won't stop loving them, even after they're dead and gone.
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Slowly, desolately, the fist of what we'd done unclenched the clawed palm of what we'd become.
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Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much.
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Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again.
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