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I wonder how many times we dream that kind of dream-something strange and illogical-and fail to realize God is trying to tell us something.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Trying
Realize
Kind
Strange
Something
Realizing
Wonder
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Tell
Illogical
Dream
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Many
Failing

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