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Grace arrived, like the big, loopy stitches with which a grandmotherly stranger might baste your hem temporarily.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Stranger
Grace
Bigs
Might
Loopy
Like
Hem
Stitches
Temporarily
Arrived

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