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Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Forgiveness
Forgiving
Relationship
Hope
Past
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Giving

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