"Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step……" — Barbara Kingsolver
"Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen."
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Barbara Kingsolver
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Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin,…
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