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Robert Bly Quotes: It is not our job to remain whole.We came to lose our leavesLike the trees, and be born again, Drawing up from the great roots.
         

It is not our job to remain whole.We came to lose our leavesLike the trees, and be born again, Drawing up from the great roots.


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It is not our job to remain whole.We came to lose our leavesLike the trees, and be born again, Drawing up from the great roots.
         



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