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Each morning, we return from the dream soul trying to adjust to the day world, that moment when the two souls exchange places in the driver’s seat.

James Hillman

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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
Two
Drivers
Dream
Seats
Soul
Souls
Trying
Places
World
Return
Adjust
Morning
Driver
Moment
Seat
Moments
Exchange

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