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you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Always
Piece
Standing
Missing
Pieces
Persons
Person
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