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It's what you do that makes your soul.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Rabbits
Makes
Dream
Soul

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the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners
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