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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
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Particularly
Fantasy
Except
Strong
Procreate
Women
Fantasies
Littles
Craving
Little
Earlier
Never
Wanting

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