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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Like
Head
Shake
Stop
Shakes
Water
Relax
Voice
Shoulders
Tell
Minute
Stills
Dog
Imperious
Still
Cold
Spine
Right
Minutes
Shaking

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