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But we cannot unbraid the story of another person’s life and take out all the parts that don’t suit our purposes and put forth only the ones that do.
Ann Patchett
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Ann Patchett
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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Guns are dangerous and damaging even when no one gets shot. They really do loom.
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Our friendship was like our writing in some ways. It was the only thing that was interesting about our otherwise dull lives. We were better off when we were together. Together we were a small society of ambition and high ideals. We were tender and patient and kind. We were not like the world at all.
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I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.
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