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My gratitude for good writing is unbounded I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Gratitude
Grateful
Ocean
Writing
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Good
Unbounded

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All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.
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