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When you find yourself alone, or in a transition, you dream more. These are also the times when you read books.
Anne Enright
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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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The truth. The dead want nothing else. It is the only thing that they require.
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People think motherhood involves a lot of domestic labor, and it doesn't. It involves being nice to your children as often as possible. That's part of my trick. I don't have that anxiety about meeting their needs.
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