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Vulnerable is a catch-all word like love and schizophrenia.

Jean Houston

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Jean Houston
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 10
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The ecological crisis is doing what no other crisis in history has ever done - challenging us to a realization of a new humanity.
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