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Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Growing
Away
Feigned
Knives
Damage
Meant
Ignorance
Perhaps

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