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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
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Novelists
Edges
Grow
Memories
Grows
Soften
Always
Essayists
Time
Like
Knives

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