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Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Sooner
Careful
Later
Sure
Give
Back
Giving
Children

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a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.
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