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Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Every
Betray
Heads
Salvation
Stamped
Side
Coin
Sides
Coins
Perfect
Tails
Moment
Contains
Moments
Betrayal

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