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This is a very violent place to live, the Earth, and we're a very violent species. Cain is still killing Abel. We see that every day.

Anne Lamott

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