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We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Born
Mammal
Around
Mammals
Live
Disguised
Whole
Animals
Every
Thoughts
Like
Mankind
Animal
Lives

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