A Quote by Anne Lamott

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
American - Novelist
Born: April 10, 1954

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Slow down? Rest? With all eternity before me?

Sarah Bernhardt

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