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...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret insanity and brokenness and rage.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Worst
Parent
Secret
Face
Faces
Brokenness
Self
Insanity
Things
Rage
Discovery

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