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Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness.

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Stephen Levine
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 17
Died: 2016
Died: January 17
Poet
Screenwriter
the United States of America
Stephan Levine
Healing
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Grief
Awareness
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Threshold
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Quality
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