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It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise, ultimately defiant act of loving one thing and then another, loving our way back to life.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Life
Wise
Path
Simple
Defiant
Another
Infinitely
Back
Utterly
Thing
Ultimately
Way
Loving
Love
Struggle

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