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God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Mortals
Doe
Anything
Children
Much
Men
Love
Senseless
Mortal

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I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.
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People ask without wanting to know.
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There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.
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I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension.
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The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.
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