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Her mind was present because she was always gone. Her hands were filled because they grasped the meaning of empty. Life was simple. Her husband returned and she served him with indifferent patience this time. When he asked what had happened to her heat for him, she gestured to the west. The sun was setting. The sky was a body of fire.

Louise Erdrich

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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Writer
Little Falls
Minnesota
Simple
Empty
Settings
Hands
Husband
Heat
Body
Meaning
Patience
Mind
Asked
Setting
Gestured
Always
Present
Sky
Grasped
Time
Fire
West
Returned
Life
Happened
Sun
Served
Gone
Filled
Indifferent

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