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Ah, the mysterious croak. Here today, gone tomorrow. It's the best reason I can think of to throw open the blinds and risk belief. Right now, this minute, time to move out into the grief and glory. High tide.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Thinking
Gone
Glory
Croak
Moving
Tomorrow
Blinds
Today
Move
Tide
Best
Minutes
Tides
Reason
Risk
Mysterious
Right
Open
Minute
Time
High
Throw
Think
Belief
Grief

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