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Memories do not always soften with time some grow edges like knives.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
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Annapolis
Maryland
Grow
Memories
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Always
Soften
Time
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Knives
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