The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things a…

Ann Patchett
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The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things around as you put together your life. If you’re lucky, putting together your life is a process that will last through every single day you’re alive. ✨ Ann Patchett (2008). What Now?, Harpercollins
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