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When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.

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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
Heart
Frightened
Much
Acknowledge
Mind
Toward
Like
Child
Turns
Pain
Mother
Children
Acknowledges

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