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Anybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It's peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Hard
Peacefulness
Intention
Worked
Anybody
Purpose
Come

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