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Hallie and I... were all there was. The image in the mirror that proves you are still here. We had exactly one sister apiece. We grew up knowing the simple arithmetic of scarcity: A sister is more precious than an eye.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Knowing
Sister
Simple
Precious
Eye
Mirror
Stills
Mirrors
Still
Image
Apiece
Exactly
Scarcity
Prove
Arithmetic
Grew
Proves

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