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I've about decided that's the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you're a practical item, with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Like
Practical
Wrench
People
Main
Wrenches
Decided
Sweater
Feeling
Item
Happy
Sweaters
Use
Separates
Feelings
Items
Thing
Practicals
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