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

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Error
Manners
Limited
Errors
Accepted
Resources
Conspicuous
Spiritual
Widely
Even
Consumption

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