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(on asparagus) Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Asparagus
Swore
Aphrodisiac
Europeans
Banned
Renaissance
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a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.
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