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There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.
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