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We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 27
Poet
Psychologist
Writer
Indiana
United States
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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