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...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Coming
Spiritual
Process
Experience
Really
Connection
Life
Apart
Connections
Easier

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