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A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Death
Eats
Remember
Forest
Life
Necks
Arching
Forests
Rotted
Conscience
Seedlings
Tree
Stumps
Forever
Sucking
Lives
Choir

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