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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

Anne Lamott

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