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Anything you say from your heart to God is a prayer. But why is rarely a useful question. When Job keeps asking God why he has had such loss and suffering, God says, You wouldn't understand. I always want to know why, and I almost never have a good answer.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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