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Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.

Robert Bly

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Robert Bly
Age: 97
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
Linguist
Poet
Translator
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Madison
Minnesota
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
Part
Every
Love
Regress
Hostile
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