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I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Going
Sun
Spring
Teases
Moon
Candles
Already
Tease
Present
Candle
Stars
Lights
Light
March
Earth
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