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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
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Annapolis
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I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence.
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