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People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Sin
Read
Love
People
Sins
Errors

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God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much.
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