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The voice, Afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love.

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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Melbourne
Australia
Afghan
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I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an arbitrary and superstitious yes or no, was in fact a pivotal moment in my life.
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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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when you judge the power that is in a person, you must judge their capacities as both friend and as enemy.
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There's no such thing as forever.
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every human heart beat is a universe of possibilities.
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The past reflects eternally between two mirrors - the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.
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Sometimes, you have to surrender before you win.
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The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business.
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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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