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Anne Lamott

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.

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Anne Lamott

He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous.

He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous.

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Anne Lamott

this was the X within the circle on her map: I love Daniel.

Mattie was in love with Daniel, of course; this was the X within the circle on her map: I love Daniel.

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Anne Lamott

She was sick of her worried, hostile mind.

Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn’t needed the transportation.