What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its e — Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its e — Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its e — Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its e — Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its e — Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
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What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its edge. But most won't even stand close to the blade. I'm one of those. We don't bend anything.

— Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
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