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Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Never
Distinguish
Wherever
Charity
Forget
Need
Needs

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