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# Sonja Livingston

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Sonja Livingston is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Sonja Livingston

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## About Sonja Livingston

American author... \| Sonja Livingston is an American essayist and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She has also taught at the University of Memphis and the University of New Orleans Writing Programs in Edinburgh, Cork (city), and San Miguel de Allende.

##  Quotes by Sonja Livingston

> [“I was hers in ways that those with loyalties of convenience cannot fathom. I loved her beyond words and clothes, and yes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonja-livingston/i-was-hers-in-ways-that-those-with-loyalties-of-convenience-cannot/)

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[Hungry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hungry/)

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> [“Ideals and opportunities and social theorizing are just fine, but if you must understand only one thing, it is this: a warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonja-livingston/ideals-and-opportunities-and-social-theorizing-are-just-fine-but-if/)

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[Understand Thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understand-thing-456011/)

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