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In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd sooner imagine a tree that could pull up its feet and go bake bread. It didn't occur to them to feel sorry for themselves.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Feels
Tree
Dryers
Really
Feet
Bake
Things
Knew
Occur
People
Imagine
Sooner
Didn
Pull
Might
Combination
Nothing
Bread
Washer
Feel
Sorry
Dryer

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