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Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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James Hillman
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 12
Died: 2011
Died: October 27
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Psychologist
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Doors
Beauty
Kind
Opens
Depression
Door

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