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The death of something living is the price of our own survival, and we pay it again and again. We have no choice. It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Born
Bound
Living
Bounds
Death
Price
Keep
Survival
Earth
Promise
Choice
Every
Pay
Something
Choices
Solemn
Life

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