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Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Prayer
Means
Speak
Someone
Hears
Mean
Invited
Believe
Unique
Way
Silence
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