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You could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they're not self-sufficient.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Instead
Crazy
Self
Even
Love
People
Resenting
Sufficient
Admire

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