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> [It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/it-s-funny-i-always-imagined-when-i-was-a-kid-that-adults-had-some/)

[Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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