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by then I'd figured out the gift of failure, which is that it breaks through all that held breath and isometric tension about needing to look good: it's the gift of feeling floppier.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.
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