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Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Becoming
Conscious
Writer

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I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for was dead.
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I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who is as messed up and neurotic and scarred and scared can be fully accepted by our dear Lord, no questions asked.
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Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul.
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The truth of my experience is that we are all a lot more alike than we are different.
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