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Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Back
Several
Skull
Heart
Forgiving
Skulls
Men
According
Multitude
People
Mercy
Multitudes
Across
Yards
Lusted
Break
Brains
Stench
Brain
Heavenly
Mercies
Father
Forgive
Scatter

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