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There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Thinking
Fingers
Kindness
Haul
Rock
Dump
Rocks
Finger
Lucky
Load
Soul
Lift
Would
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Think
Hardly

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