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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
Business
Always
Transaction
Glorified
Transactions
Struck
Attempt
Prayer
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