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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
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Annapolis
Maryland
Memories
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Memories do not always soften with time some grow edges like knives.
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Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves.
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