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I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings of rage or even unabashed joy - a little bashed joy, here or there, or being mildly disgruntled.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Family
Mildly
Voice
Rage
Feelings
Express
Littles
None
Ever
Raised
Little
Room
Bashed
Even
Rooms
Unabashed
Joy
Disgruntled

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