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Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what they're about and what happens, and they need me to help get it down on paper because they don't type.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.
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Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all parents are somehow superior to non-parents.
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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.
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I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
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It is in many people's best interest for you not to find yourself, but it only matters that it is in yours, and the whole world's, to proceed.
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Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.
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Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A woman I know says, for her morning prayer, 'Whatever,' and then for the evening, 'Oh, well,' but has conceded that these prayers are more palatable for people without children.
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But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open.
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To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.
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