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I remember staring at my son endlessly when he was an infant, stunned by his very existence, wondering where on earth he had come from.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Come
Infant
Wondering
Staring
Son
Wonder
Existence
Remember
Stunned
Earth
Endlessly

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