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She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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San Francisco County
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The evidence is in, and you are the verdict.
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My best teachers were mess, failure, death, mistakes, and the people I hated, including myself.
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.
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