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If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Never
Bored
Alone
Women
Book
Good

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[from a reader] Whenever I feel myself resenting someone, I reach out. I have made good friends that way.
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