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Our house is like an empty cigarette packet, lying around reminding you what's not in it.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Lying
House
Around
Like
Packet
Reminding
Cigarette
Empty

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