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I love to think about chance - about how one little overheard word, one pebble in a shoe, can change the universe.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Love
Shoes
Think
Luck
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Chance
Universe
Overheard
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Pebble
Littles
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