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“The distance between the adolescent and the true adult is about five thousand miles, but the distance between the adult and the elder is almost as large.” quote by Robert Bly — Download Open image

“The distance between the adolescent and the true adult is about five thousand miles, but the distance between the adult and the elder is almost as large.”

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