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But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Strength
Wind
Second
Grace
Poignancy
Though
Stamina
Experience
Resolution
Even
Hang
Clarity

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