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I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful.

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Steve Toltz
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: January 1
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Sydney
NSW
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The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy, nor beds nor jobs nor laughs nor friends nor smiles nor money nor clean air to breathe...and yet the music goes on.
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...I wondered if it was blasphemous to tell God that rainbows are kitsch.
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Don't be afraid to have nothing.
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