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She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room.
Ann Patchett
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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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I believe, in my better moments, that there is a plan and things go not the way we want them to but the way they should.
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I used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.
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