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The gods you do not pay are the ones that can curse you best.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Curse
Gods
Pay
Ones
Best

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