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Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Kitchen
Patchwork
Western
Ribbon
Mines
Ribbons
Mine
Rags
Bits
Hebrew
Jesus
Pagan
Together
Sink
Everything
Eastern
Sewn

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