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Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Tangerines
Value
Undressing
Values
Pajamas
Money
Expectation
Made
Tender
Longing
Expectations
Balance

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