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I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Soul
Throw
Every
Library
Mind
Saved
Fearsome
Never
Arms
Librarian
Knew
Path
Behalf
Living
Crosses
Around
Souls

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