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Everything takes me forever. It's all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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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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If the present is really all we have, then the present lasts forever.
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I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear that's what Jesus said to do.
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Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.
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I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.
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