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Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Writing
Singing
Isolation
Heart
Terrible
Ship
Like
Stop
Ships
People
Reading
Boat
Sense
Rage
Spirit
Storm
Raging
Change
Hearts
Decrease
Together
Sea
Spirits

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