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Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better

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Roberto Bolano
Age: 50 †
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
Died: 2003
Died: July 16
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Santiago
Chile
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Love
Comes
Better
Ever
Nothing
Something
Good
Always

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