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Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?
Barbara Kingsolver
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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
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Annapolis
Maryland
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I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension.
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I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.
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Quit smoking in the hope of growing old. It takes a long time to write. People go to books for wisdom and older authors tend to have more of it.
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Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves.
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