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All that you are seeking is also seeking you. If you lie still, sit still, it will find you. It has been waiting for you a long time.

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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