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Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

Ken Follett

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Ken Follett
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 5
Author
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Cardiff
Wales
Kenneth Martin Follett
Littles
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Trusting
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