I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so ther…

Anne Lamott
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I was raised in a family where none of us ever raised a voice, so there was no room to express feelings of rage or even unabashed joy - a little bashed joy, here or there, or being mildly disgruntled.
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