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I've never gotten over high school, to the extent that I'm still a little surprised that my friends want to hang out with me.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Never
Gotten
High
Friends
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School
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Surprised
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