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People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Sensibly
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I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.
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If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.
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