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My mother answers all my fan mail.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.
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I had gone to Paris to immerse myself in painting and I came back wholly involved in words and rhythms.
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Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.
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People like beauty and purity. They pretend that's what it's all about.
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I thought to myself that he contained a whole universe that I had yet to know.
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I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.
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I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.
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