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There is something in us that loves certain disasters and the fever of this moment and surrendering to that.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Loves
Moment
Moments
Certain
Something
Surrendering
Disasters
Fever
Disaster

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