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A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair, but in their pursuit of eternity they never noticed the chill.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Leaves
Pursuit
Eternity
Rain
Shook
Hair
Chill
Never
Breeze
Noticed
Onto

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