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Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Soul
Feet
Grass
Afflicted
Love
Grows
Bodies
Pulls
People
Lives
Heal
Blades
Fall
Bones
Rises
Around
Souls
Feds
Earth
Ground
Pool
Body
Sun
Falls
Charred
Back
Grow
Soil
Pools

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