We never get accustomed to being less important to other pe… - Graham Greene

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We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us — Martins felt the little jab of dispensability.

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Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English novelist, playwright, short story writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world.

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We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us — Martins felt the little jab of dispensability. - Graham Greene

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