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Sometimes grace is a ribbon of mountain air that gets in through the cracks.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Ribbons
Cracks
Mountain
Air
Gets
Grace
Sometimes
Ribbon

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