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In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Waiting
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Like
Rats
Poison
Forgiving
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