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Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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San Francisco County
California
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The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.
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I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
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It was simple reality - most competitive tennis players in my day were privileged, spoiled, entitled and white. Also, many of them were beautiful, fit, tan and of good stock - great big hair and white teeth and long legs. Then there were the rest of us.
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