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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Disappoint
Rarely
Experiences
Friendship
Alone
Truth
Best
Ever

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