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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
Thinking
Word
Chance
Universe
Overheard
Change
Pebble
Littles
Pebbles
Little
Shoe
Love
Shoes
Think
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Try Jesus, you won't regret it, a billboard read.
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