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There were momentary visitations. I was a visitor, not an inhabitant. I think I say that at the beginning of the book: I have made visits to the earth in my body, but it's always been as a visitor.

Eve Ensler

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Eve Ensler
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 25
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