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It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Trust
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Kids
Violation
Cracks

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