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Prayer had always struck me as more or less a glorified attempt at a business transaction.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Struck
Attempt
Prayer
Less
Business
Always
Transaction
Glorified
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Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
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I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my questions too hard, surely readers won’t want to follow me here. A novel is like a cathedral, it knocks you down to size when you enter into it.
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Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
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