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your soul needs to be lonely so that its strangest elements can moil about, curl and growl and jump, fail and get triumphant, all inside you. Sociable people have the most trouble hearing their unconscious. They have trouble getting rid of clichés because clichés are sociable.

Carol Bly

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Carol Bly
Age: 77 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 16
Died: 2007
Died: December 21
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Duluth
USA
Getting
Loneliness
Sociable
Soul
Hearing
Curl
Needs
Lonely
Strangest
People
Fail
Curls
Elements
Clich
Failing
Triumphant
Inside
Jump
Trouble
Unconscious
Growl

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