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He wished he had inhabited more of his life, used it better, filled it fuller.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fuller
Wished
Filled
Used
Better
Life
Inhabited

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