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Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Deep
Prayer
Another
Form
Amen
Breath
Breaths
Quiet

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