When you can step back at moments like these and see what is happening, when you watch people you love under fire or evaporating, you realize that th… - Anne Lamott

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When you can step back at moments like these and see what is happening, when you watch people you love under fire or evaporating, you realize that the secret of life is patch patch patch. Thread your needle, make a knot, find one place on the other piece of torn cloth where you can make one stitch that will hold. And do it again. And again. And again.

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About Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

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