Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence. ✨ Alice W…

Alice Walker
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Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence. ✨ Alice Walker, Barbara Christian (1994). Everyday Use, p.108, Rutgers University Press
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