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Her purse was a weight, ballast it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Earth
Mind
Tethered
Ballast
Floated
Purse
Purses
Weight
Away

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