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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save they just stand there shining.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Stand
Islands
Looking
Boat
Running
Acceptance
Lighthouses
Shining
Lighthouse
Saved
Boats
Commitment
Introvert
Save
Heartache
Standing
Island

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