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I see that children fill the existential hollowness many people feel that when we have children, we know they will need us, and maybe love us, but we don't have a clue how hard it is going to be.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Hard
Hollowness
Feel
Existentialism
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Existential
Children
Clue
Needs
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Going
Maybe
Love
Need
People
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