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Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

Natalie Goldberg

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 77
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Needs
Silence
Something
Space
Energy
Away
Give
Women
Richness
Need
Holding
Giving
Quickly

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