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The flowers were beaten down, their bent-over heads bejeweled with diamond droplets like earring on sad, rich widows
Barbara KingsolverAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 8, 1955
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Me, I've seen 45 years, and I've only figured out one thing. That's this: if a person would just make the effort, there's something to be learned from everything. From even the most ordinary, commonplace things, there's always something you can learn. I read somewhere that they said there's even different philosophies in razors. Fact is, if it weren't for that, nobody'd survive.
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