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It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Struck
Dealing
Awful
Beings
Human
Humans

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