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We can't fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

Debbie Ford

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Debbie Ford
Age: 57 †
Born: 1955
Born: October 1
Died: 2013
Died: February 17
Author
Radio Personality
Writer
La Jolla
California
Fight
Inside
Fighting
Understand
Transcend
Order
Ultimately
Find
Embrace
Compassion
Darkness

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