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I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
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San Francisco County
California
Women
Fantasies
Littles
Craving
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Earlier
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Particularly
Fantasy
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Procreate

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