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Many people can listen to their cat more intelligently than they can listen to their own despised body. Because they attend to their pet in a cherishing way, it returns their love. Their body, however, may have to let out an earth-shattering scream in order to be heard at all.

Marion Woodman

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Marion Woodman
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 15
Died: 2018
Died: July 9
Author
Poet
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Writer
London
Ontario
Body
Medicine
Despised
May
However
Attend
Many
Listen
Returns
Way
Return
Pet
Love
Philosophy
Scream
Cherishing
People
Heard
Cherish
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Order
Cat
Intelligently
Earth
Senses
Shattering

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