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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
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Annapolis
Maryland
People
Invite
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there are people who read my work and accuse me of being political! As far as I'm concerned that's like accusing a dog of having a bark!
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Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you figure out what you have to say.
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Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.
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