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Sometimes hope is a radical act, sometimes a quietly merciful response, sometimes a second wind, or just an increased awareness of goodness and beauty.
Anne Lamott
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Show Up With Hope: Anne Lamott’s Plan for Facing Adversity, National Geographic, October 2018; Complete sentence from concluding paragraph. Full original essay read; her own prose, not embedded attributed sayings. 24 words.
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Show Up With Hope: Anne Lamott’s Plan for Facing Adversity, National Geographic, October 2018
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