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I don't know what takes more courage: surviving a lifelong endurance test because you once made a promise or breaking free, disrupting all your world.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Endurance
Free
Breaking
Made
World
Test
Tests
Survival
Disrupting
Promise
Surviving
Courage
Lifelong
Takes

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