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I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist.
Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.
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