If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with…

Anne Lamott
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If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.178, Anchor
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