Emelina, Animal Dreams.
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It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
— Barbara Kingsolver
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." in the context of "Emelina, Animal Dreams." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Barbara Kingsolver" (Quotes, Animal Dreams (1990))
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About Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American fiction writer. She has written several novels and poems, and established the Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change".
About Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American fiction writer. She has written several novels and poems, and established the Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change".
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